The Cook
Will be published approx. on 1. August 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-78087-639-9 (ISBN)
Description
At seventeen Zac is given a choice: either go to a young offenders' institute, or enrol in a rehabilitation scheme - a course that teaches juveniles how to cook. He makes his choice. He chooses to cook. He also chooses to succeed. Whatever it takes.
Reviews / Votes
'A marvellous experiment in voice ... assays fine dining and late capitalism' Financial Times. * Financial Times * 'A deliciously dark satire about foodyism, celebrity chefs and aspiring consumerism ... Macauley's stream-of-consciousness prose has a compulsive vitality' Daily Mail. * Daily Mail * 'Much of this book seems grotesque, but don't be fooled into thinking it's not real ... each time you think you've reached the limits of this thought-provoking and brilliant novel, it just gets deeper' Scarlett Thomas, Guardian. * Guardian * 'Reminds us just how exciting it is to read a wonderful and original novel' Lloyd Jones, author of Mister Pip. * Lloyd Jones * 'A riot of a novel. Gripping and subversive' Nick Cave. * Nick Cave *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quercus Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
248 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78087-639-9 (9781780876399)
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Person
Wayne Macauley is the author of two other novels and a collection of short stories. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.