The Apologist - Softcover

Jay Rayner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753173980 ISBN 13: 9780753173985

Publisher: ISIS Paperbacks, 2006

Synopsis

Marc Bassett has a reputation as a pitiless restaurant critic. When he writes a devastating review of a particular establishment, the chef commits suicide, roasting himself in his own fan-assisted oven, with Basset's review pasted to the door. Suddenly Basset is moved to do something he has never done apologize. After a series of virtuoso expressions of regret, word of Bassett's mollifying power spreads, and he is invited to become Chief Apologist for the United Nations. His job is to travel the globe in his own Gulfstream V private jet, apologizing for everything from colonialism to exploitation to slavery. It is a role that brings him fame, wealth and access to a lot of very good chocolate. But in a world overdosing on emotion, does Marc Basset really have the stomach to be the sorriest man in history? Built of delicate layers of heinous crime, forgiveness and outrageous gastronomy, Jay Rayner's glorious new novel is a piquant satire of modern appetite and etiquette.

About this title

About the Author

Jay Rayner is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster who is also the Observer's restaurant critic. In 2006 he was awarded 'Critic of the Year' at the British Press Awards. He is married and lives in London. He is the author five novels including The Apologist (Atlantic Books 2004) and The Oyster House Siege (Atlantic Books 2007).

Review

"'It made me laugh, it made me cringe. It is, I'm sorry to say, highly original' Alistair McGowan; 'Jay Rayner shows food critics are human after all, even when stuffed with chocolate. An highly entertaining whimsy with no apology needed.' Gordon Ramsay 'A very funny book about apologies - by someone who has a lot to apologize for' Anthony Bourdain"

Edition details

• Publisher: ISIS Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753173980
• ISBN 13: 9780753173985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384