That part reflects on the way the world is going, and in fact the events only serve as a framework for the essential content of the book, that is, the discussions of “male people” marked by the humor typical of Huovinen, which mixes the boundaries of folk and high culture.

[2] The novel has appeared in a Swedish translation, Fårätarna, 1977, but not in English language.

The book was made into a film by the same name directed by Seppo Huunonen in 1972, starring Leo Lastumäki (Valtteri) and Heikki Kinnunen (Sepe).

According to Leo Lastumäki, after the film there were cases where a model of Sepe and Valtteri's sheep hunting had actually been taken.

[3] The Sheep Eaters play was seen in 2006 at the Pyynikki Summer Theatre in Tampere, starring Kai Lehtinen and Antti Raivio.