The Hunger and the Howling of Killian Lone
Published on 7. March 2013
368 pages
978-1-78072-081-4 (ISBN)
Description
Roald Dahl meets American Psycho in a gripping tale about the filth behind fine dining
There are no ghosts, there are only stories too stubborn to die
There was a time when everyone in the country knew my name. I was the greatest chef in the world. But today no-one has heard of Killian Lone. This is my story. It must be told, now, for the final time. It begins in my boyhood. In this very kitchen...
"Hell's kitchen has a new head chef - Max Mann is one of the most compellingly repulsive villains in recent fiction and I rooted for his whipping-boy turned nemesis, Killian Lone, on every page. This is a pitch-dark, highly original fable about family, ambition and the redemptive power of cooking. By turns enchanting and grotesque, I couldn't tear myself away from it." Erin Kelly, author of The Poison Tree
There are no ghosts, there are only stories too stubborn to die
There was a time when everyone in the country knew my name. I was the greatest chef in the world. But today no-one has heard of Killian Lone. This is my story. It must be told, now, for the final time. It begins in my boyhood. In this very kitchen...
"Hell's kitchen has a new head chef - Max Mann is one of the most compellingly repulsive villains in recent fiction and I rooted for his whipping-boy turned nemesis, Killian Lone, on every page. This is a pitch-dark, highly original fable about family, ambition and the redemptive power of cooking. By turns enchanting and grotesque, I couldn't tear myself away from it." Erin Kelly, author of The Poison Tree
Reviews / Votes
Painless entertainment - this is a fine, well-crafted debut * The Independent * Dazzling! Killian Lone is Perfume for the Gordon Ramsay generation. A wonderful, dark story weaving fictionalised grotesque with true kitchen horror stories - this isn't the sort of story you forget in a hurry * Bookbag * An intensely gripping tale of love, loss, ambition and ego - epic themes play themselves out to their inexorable, gut-wrenching finale. Excruciatingly vivid - always engaging No writer has a better way with the supernatural.More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Edition type
Digital original
File size
2,06 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78072-081-4 (9781780720814)
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Will Storr | William Storr
The Hunger and the Howling of Killian Lone
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01/2014
Short Books Ltd
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Will Storr is a journalist, novelist and photographer. His features have appeared in numerous newspapers, including The Guardian, The Times and The Observer. He has been named New Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year. His critically acclaimed first book, Will Storr versus The Supernatural is published by Random House in the UK. Killian Lone is his first novel.
