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| Title | : | The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs |
| Author | : | Irvine Welsh |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
| Published | : | May 17th 2007 by W. W. Norton Company (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Cultural. Scotland. Dark |
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"A family saga, a revenge fantasy, a Twilight Zone-esque parable, and, most importantly, a very fun read." —Entertainment Weekly
This story of two men locked in a war of wills that threatens their very existence is vintage Irvine Welsh. Troubled restaurant inspector Danny Skinner is on a quest to find the mysterious father his mother will not identify. Unraveling this hidden information is the key to understanding the crippling compulsions that threaten to wreck his young life. His ensuing journey takes him from the festival city of Edinburgh to the foodie city of San Francisco. But the hard-drinking, womanizing Skinner has a strange nemesis in the form of mild-mannered fellow inspector Brian Kibby.
It is Skinner's 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, undiagnosable illness, Skinner understands that his destiny is inextricably bound to that of his hated rival, and he is faced with a terrible dilemma.
Irvine Welsh's work is a transgressive parable about the great obsessions of our time: food, sex, and celebrity.
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| Original Title: | The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs |
| ISBN: | 0393329666 (ISBN13: 9780393329667) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Danny Skinner, Brian Kibby |
| Setting: | Edinburgh, Scotland San Francisco, California(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.42 From 7068 Users | 242 ReviewsWrite Up About Books The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs
The male psyche is a complex thing. In the never-ending battle to become the alpha, men beat their chests in an attempt to not only establish dominance over their brothers, but to commit the most humiliating act possible - embarrass them in front of the burds. In this way, rivalries are created and nurtured, and Welsh shows us in Bedroom Secrets how poisonous this rivalry can truly be.Danny Skinner is a pretty standard Welsh character, with flashes of Bruce Robertson and Sick Boy peeping throughDorian Grey on alcohol and drugs. love the story, but could be a bit shorter. personal highlights certainly the old witch, the piano and the drinking escapades
With Ulysses done, I need to read something fast, entertaining, pulpy. Thanks, Irvine Welsh.This brow-leaping habit may be genetic. My mom apparently read Salem's Lot (King) right after Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)....Finished. Enjoyable, but a bunch of issues make this a clumsier Welsh effort overall:1. Guessed crux of climactic plot reveal in first 100 pages, and sort of knew how things would end.2. There were likeable characters, but not so much the main protagonists/antagonists (okay, hardly
enjoyed welsh's dark humour in this novel about co-workers and shady side of edinburgh with the drinking and fighting but also shows a gritty side of people who maybe down on their luck
There are some really intelligent things said in the book. Refreshingly and entertainingly vulgar, mildly and crudely erotic at times, wry and witty and even tragic with impressive prose. 3.75/5
Anarchic, well-observed, and at times, absolutely disgusting!This has got everything you could possibly want from an Irvine Welsh novel!
Contrary to the old cliche', I won't say Irving Welsh has "done it again." Rather, he has gone well beyond his standard excellent story-telling and character draughtsmanship.In The Bedroom Securets... Welsh spins a yarn so outlandish and raucous that the laughter one expects flows early and often; yet, before one expects it, the turn of events spirals into a deadly grudge match between two odious people so unsympathetic in Welsh's portrayal, it would take a masterful writer to inculcate empathy
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