The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh
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.
Paperback | 400 pages
153 x 233 x 31mm | 522g
03 Aug 2006
Vintage Publishing
Jonathan Cape Ltd
London, United Kingdom
English
022407587X
9780224075879
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal scuff marks, and obvious creasing, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with very minimal creasing, but no tearing. Page 1 has a tiny stain. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.