A special edition of It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot reissued with a bright retro design to celebrate Pan's 70th anniversary Ensconced in the sleepy Yorkshire village of Darrowby recently qualified vet James Herriot is acclimatizing to life with his unpredictable colleagues brothers Siegfried & Tristan Farnon But veterinary practice in the 1930s was never going to be easy & there are challenges on the horizon from persuading his clients to let him use his 'modern' equipment to becoming an uncle to a pig called Nugent Throw in his first encounters with Helen the beautiful daughter of a local farmer & this year looks to be as eventful as the last Heart-breaking & hilarious in equal measure It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet is James Herriot's brilliant memoir of life as a country vet & the story behind the much loved television series & film All Creatures Great & Small