LIVES OF NOTORIOUS COOKS + (Signed and Numbered Bookplate)

Brendan CONNELL

ISBN 10: 1907681205 / ISBN 13: 9781907681202

Published by Chomu Press, 2012

About this Item

This is a first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a stated First Edition and is one of the 100 copies which come with an autographed book plate. Unread. Some light tanning to pages. Each of the 100 copies is accompanied by an illustrated, numbered bookplate on high quality paper SIGNED by author Brendan Connell. This book is accompanied by bookplate NUMBER 7. SYNOPSIS: "A set of 51 fictional biographies of great chefs dating from pre-history to the final days of World War 1. Learn of the outrageous and sometimes dubious lives of Peng Zu and fifty other notorious cooks from the pages of history and legend, in a picturesque dictionary of delicious and playful story-telling." Packed weight 335gms. IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LIVES OF NOTORIOUS COOKS + (Signed and Numbered Bookplate)
• Publisher: Chomu Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907681205
• ISBN 13: 9781907681202
• Binding: Softback
• Edition: First Signed Numbered Limited.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Lives of Notorious Cooks is a set of 51 fictional biographies of great chefs, dating from pre-history to the final days of World War I. These biographies, fantastical in character, often decadent, range from an ancient Greek whose specialty is lentils to a French king who liked nothing better than to prepare ortolans. Taoist sages brush shoulders with excessive Italians, and the skills of the magnificent cooks of Baghdad are displayed alongside those of an ex-slave from Tennessee.

About the Author

Brendan Connell was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1970. He has had fiction published in numerous places, including McSweeney's, Adbusters, and the World Fantasy Award winning anthologies Leviathan 3 (The Ministry of Whimsy 2002), and Strange Tales (Tartarus Press 2003). His published books are: The Translation of Father Torturo (Prime Books, 2005), Dr. Black and the Guerrillia (Grafitisk Press, 2005), Metrophilias (Better Non Sequitur, 2010), Unpleasant Tales (Eibonvale Press, 2010), The Life of Polycrates and Other Stories for Antiquated Children (Chomu Press, 2011), and The Architect (PS Publishing, 2012).