A mouthwatering debut and ‘one of the most uniquely fun and campily gory novels in recent memory’ (New York Times)
‘Irresistable.’ Megan Abbott
‘A gory, gorgeous feast of a book.’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave
‘This book is crazy. You have to read it.’ Bon Appetit
Dorothy Daniels has always had a voracious – and adventurous – appetite. From her idyllic farm-to-table childhood (homegrown tomatoes, thick slices of freshly baked bread) to the heights of her career as a food critic (white truffles washed down with Barolo straight from the bottle) Dorothy has never been shy about indulging her exquisite tastes – even when it lead to her plunging an ice pick into her lover’s neck.
There is something inside Dorothy that makes her different from everybody else. Something she’s finally ready to confess. But beware: her story just might make you wonder how your lover would taste sautéed with shallots and mushrooms and deglazed with a little red wine.
Chelsea G. Summers is a freelance writer whose work focuses on sex, politics, tech, fashion and culture. She is a former academic and professor with Ph.D. training in eighteenth-century British literature, a discipline that has proven to be shockingly useful when writing about contemporary culture. She was a columnist for the now defunct ADULT magazine, has a piece upcoming in Roxane Gay's Medium series, and her work has appeared in VICE, Fusion, Hazlitt, The New Republic, Racked, and The Guardian. She splits her time between New York and Stockholm, Sweden, and can be found on twitter @chelseagsummers. This is her first novel. |
Category: | Contemporary Fiction |
ISBN: | 9780571372324 |
Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
On sale: | August 2022 |
Format: | Paperback |
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