
The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs
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- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2007
Summary
An exquisitely paced black comedy. It has clever and funny things to say. There was a rumour that Porno was to be Welsh’s last book. You’ll be glad it wasn’t - Evening Standard
At Edinburgh’s Department of Environmental Health, hard-drinking, womanising officer Danny Skinner wants to uncover secrets - ‘the bedroom secrets of the master chefs’, secrets he believes might just help him understand his self-destructive impulses. But the arrival of the virginal, model-railway enthu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099483588 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099483580 |
| Author: | Irvine Welsh |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 314g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
Irvine Welsh is in a class of his own…[his books have] a seething life in them that rivets attention and an inventiveness with story and language that continually amuses and amazes * Guardian *
It is an exquisitely paced black comedy. It has clever and funny things to say. There was a rumour that Welsh’s last novel, Porno was to be his last. You’ll be glad it wasn’t * Evening Standard *
Flickers with the dynamism, black humour and imaginative bravado that is Welsh at his best * Financial Times *
An outrageous and exhilarating foul-mouthed book * Sunday Times *
Vintage Welsh: Brilliant, graphic, with frequent forays into the grotesque * Sunday Tribune *
This is Welsh’s tightest narrative structure in some time, and a pleasing change of pace after his previous two novels…a carefully considered blend of three-dimensional realism and expertly judged modern gothic horror. Welsh is such a convincing writer that you never doubt his plot for a moment * Literary Review *
The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs is Welsh back on cracking, page-turning, stomach-churning, gut-busting form. You’ll whiz through it, in a good way * Independent *
Rattles along with impressive energy * Daily Telegraph *
The great liberation of Welsh’s writing is it’s ability to capture the lust for freedom…the most touching and beautiful of his writings…if her carries on like this he’ll start dragging the place [Scotland] back to the bloody enlightenment * Independent *
This transitional phase in his life is has been mirrored by a new direction in Welsh’s writing as evinced by this new book, The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs. The novel is less visceral than his past work and is more in dialogue with Celtic writers such a Oscar Wilde than it is music, the form he has long claimed his inspiration * GQ *
About The Author
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written fifteen further novels, including the Sunday Times bestseller Men in Love and the Crime series, four books of shorter fiction, and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh, and Miami.
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