In Crace's fictional world, it is certainly the case that: 'There
are no bitter fruits in Heaven/ Nor is there honey in the Devil's
larder.' Appetite is dangerous, the body's foe, its assuagement a
double-edged sword. Take, for example, the mysterious Curry no 3,
which leaves diners 'weighed down by our depravities'. Then there
are the strange tasks performed in the name of food: the waiters
who must whistle while carrying serving dishes to prove that they
are not indulging in sly tasters. The conviviality of eating also
takes a stange turn when in one restaurant uncontrollable laughter
is brought on by the addition to the dishes of the strange
concoction euhphrosyne. Then there's revenge pie, full of flour and
dry beans... Food unaccountably becomes poisonous, or takes root
inside the person who eats it, is unruly, seems to have a
mysterious life all of its own. In this triumphant series of 64
food-based vignettes, the everyday becomes unfamiliar, subverted
with an almost poetic touch and the keenest of imaginations into
something both mystical and mythical. Here are humour and passion,
appetities sexual and spiritual, sated or subverted. This is a
highly original novel calculated to feed the imagination - and
change forever the way you look at food. (Kirkus UK)
In sixty-four dark, unsettling and tender tales, Jim Crace explores our human foibles – our loves, hates, hopes and desires – through our relationship with food. With dishes both exotic and mysterious, manners less suited to the table than to the bedroom, chefs with much more than food on their minds, diners with curious appetites and ingredients that can alter lives, The Devil’s Larder is a cornucopia of pleasures to feed the imagination.
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