Henry First: A Story of Excess - Hardcover

Lawrence, Basil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0957494521 ISBN 13: 9780957494527

Publisher: Pelta, 2014

Synopsis

When Henry First enters his restaurant in a competition that he cannot win, only a miracle - or a chance discovery - can save him. Henry First is a darkly funny and multi-layered novel, a fast-paced story where people do despicable things to one another - all in the service of a jolly good meal.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Front Flap:

Henry First was dying in the kitchen.

Stock is where it all begins. The chef's primordial soup. Henry First could feel the kitchen waiting; he could feel it demanding magic. One last trick, please, it said to him. On the steel table in front of him was the cast of secondary characters: vegetables, raw carcass bones, trimmings and waste. Bit parts awaiting the star.

Having entered the Restaurant of the Year competition (the Furness Kindle & Flint corporation), Henry begins preparing a dish of lampreys that he'll submit to the judges. Unfortunately, in the confusion, someone is injured . . . and Henry's afternoon begins to unravel. Only a miracle - or a chance discovery - can save him.

Henry First is a darkly funny and multi-layered novel, a fast-paced story where people do despicable things to one another - all in the service of a jolly good meal.


Rear Flap:

Basil Lawrence was born in South Africa. He read English Literature at university in Johannesburg before moving to England, where he earned an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. His play Modern Eating Habits won an Amstel Playwright of the Year Award. He has published short stories, and lives in London.

Read more about the author at basillawrence.com

Henry First is available in ebook & audiobook.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pelta
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0957494521
• ISBN 13: 9780957494527
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232