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The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs

A Novel

By Irvine Welsh

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| Hardcover | 9780393064537

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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 understandiContinue

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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  • Kitchen confidential, Scottish style

    The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh Jonathan Cape £10.99, pp392 Compared with the bold-faced terseness with which Irvine Welsh titled his last four novels - Ecstasy, Filth, Glue and Porno - The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs

    The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs Irvine Welsh W.W. Norton Paperback 400 pages May 2007 This picaresque novel revolves around two main characters, Danny Skinner and his unwitting nemesis, Brian Kibby. Danny is an Environmental Health Officer at ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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  • Well written and intriguing story of how fate brinfs people together, even if it is in the worst kind of way. Not completely my cup of tea, but that's a matter of personal preferences.

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    Arjan Tupan said on Oct 14, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • I knew it was a mistake to buy this. What people see in Welsh's writing I'll never know.

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    Albion said on Jan 9, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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