The Devil's Larder

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@Billypar ‘s review made me pick this one up and I wasn‘t disappointed. Short stories about food are totally my thing! It‘s short and delicious and it‘s not about caviar 😉

quietlycuriouskate That cover image is all kinds of horrible! 🤢 5d

BarbaraBB @quietlycuriouskate Yes and it doesn‘t fit the book at all. 5d

Billypar Glad you liked the collection! The stories are so wild and varied, and yes @quietlycuriouskate not at all like the cover. In fact, the combo of the cover and blurb suggests this is a much different kind of story collection: I wonder how many people picked it up expecting food-related erotica and were disappointed? 5d

Flaneurette I got this cheap on kindle recently because I really liked Being Dead by this author. Glad to see you enjoyed this one!

Being Dead: A Novel

BarbaraBB @Flaneurette I‘ve had Arcadia on my shelves for years but still haven‘t read it. I now feel encouraged to do so! I liked Being Dead too!

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The Devil's Larder: A Feast | Jim Crace

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This collection of 64 very short stories centered around food may be my favorite of the year. The longest story (and inspiration for the outrageous cover 👄😂) is 10 pages, but most are 1-3, with a few flash fiction appetizers of a paragraph, and one that is 2 words. The stories are all somewhat dark but run the gamut in other ways: funny, gross, magical, disturbing. Crace's humor and gifts for elevating his spare prose is the main course 🍳🍇🍎🍴

Billypar And one other strange thing: this is the only story collection I've read where the stories are numbered rather than named. No idea why 🤷‍♂️ 4w

BarbaraBB This sounds right up my alley! Stacking! 4w

Tamra I‘m intrigued! 4w

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sarahbarnes Woah, that cover. Sounds very interesting though! 4w

Billypar @BarbaraBB Yes, I definitely think you'll enjoy this one! 4w

Billypar @Tamra It sat on my shelf for at least two years somehow - I wish I picked it up sooner. 4w

Billypar @sarahbarnes On the train to work, I noticed myself angling it away from other passengers 😳 4w

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The Devil's Larder: A Feast | Jim Crace

I love Jim Crace‘s writing so I snagged these two today while I was at the Printer‘s Row Lit Fest in Chicago. The hardcover is a really cool looking Franklin Library edition of two of James Cain‘s most famous novellas (so really two books for the price of one 🙃). I stayed under budget and stayed dry, too-the called for rain held off during my visit.

Lcsmcat I‘ve only ever read Quarantine by Crace, but loved it. I might have to look for these. 6y

AlaMich Was LitFest this weekend? 😧 I clearly wasn‘t paying attention! Did you see any authors? 6y

Lola @Lcsmcat I‘ll have to look for that one. I passed up a copy of Being Dead because I think I may actually own that one 🤔🙃😂 Edited to add: I just checked and I do indeed own

Being Dead: A Novel

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Lola @AlaMich Yes, it was. I didn‘t do any presentations/talks this year-just meandered around and checked out the bounty. 6y

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The Devil's Larder: A Feast | Jim Crace