The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs - Signed

Welsh, Irvine

ISBN 10: 022407587X / ISBN 13: 9780224075879

Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2006

About this Item

Signed, paperback. Book in near fine condition spine straight, some small bumping to the edges and some foxing to the pages and text block. Troubled Environmental Health Officer Danny Skinner is engaged on a quest to uncover what he refers to as 'the bedroom secrets of the master chefs'. He regards the unraveling of this classified information as the key to learning genetic facts about himself and the crippling compulsions that threaten to wreck his young life. The ensuing journey takes him from Europe's festival city of Edinburgh to the foodie capital of America, San Francisco. But the hard-drinking, womanizing Skinner has a strange nemesis in the form of model-railway enthusiast Brian Kibby. It is his unfathomable, obsessive hatred of Kibby that takes over everything, threatening to destroy not only Skinner and his mission but also those he loves most dearly. When Kibby contracts a horrific and debilitating mystery virus, Skinner understands that his destiny is inextricably bound to that of his hated rival, and he is faced with a terrible dilemma. The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs is a gothic parable about the great obsessions of our time: food, sex and minor celebrity, and is a brilliant examination of identity, male rivalry and the need to belong in the world.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs - Signed
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 022407587X
• ISBN 13: 9780224075879
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Troubled environmental health officer Danny Skinner is engaged on a quest to uncover what he refers to as “the bedroom secrets of the master chefs.” He regards the unraveling of this classified information as the key to learning genetic facts about himself and the crippling compulsions that threaten to wreck his young life. The ensuing journey takes him from Europe’s festival city of Edinburgh to the foodie capital of America, San Francisco. But the hard-drinking, womanizing Skinner has a strange nemesis in the form of model-railway enthusiast Brian Kibby.It is his unfathomable, obsessive hatred of Kibby that takes over everything, threatening to destroy not only Skinner and his mission but also those he loves most dearly. When Kibby contracts a horrific and debilitating mystery virus, Skinner understands that his destiny is inextricably bound to that of his hated rival, and he is faced with a terrible dilemma.Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs is a gothic parable about the great obsessions of our food, sex and minor celebrity, and is a brilliant examination of identity, male rivalry and the need to belong in the world.

About the Author

Irvine Welsh is the best-selling author of Trainspotting, Ecstasy, Glue, Porno, Filth, Marabou Stork Nightmares, The Acid House, Skagboys, and, most recently, A Decent Ride. He currently lives in Chicago. T2 Trainspotting was first published as Porno.