{"product_id":"the-devils-larder-jim-crace","title":"The Devil's Larder - Jim Crace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sumptuous, scintillating stew of sixty four short fictions about appetite, food, and the objects of our desire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll great meals, it has been said, lead to discussions of either sex or death, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Larder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, in typical Cracean fashion, leads to both. Here are sixty-four short fictions of at times Joycean beauty - about schoolgirls hunting for razor clams in the strand; or searching for soup-stones to take out the fishiness of fish but to preserve the flavor of the sea; or about a mother and daughter tasting food in one another's mouth to see if people really do taste things differently--and at other times, of Mephistophelean mischief: about the woman who seasoned her food with the remains of her cremated cat, and later, her husband, only to hear a voice singing from her stomach (you can't swallow grief, she was advised); or the restaurant known as \"The Air \u0026amp; Light,\" the place to be in this small coastal town that serves as the backdrop for Crace's gastronomic flights of fancy, but where no food or beverage is actually served, though a 12 percent surcharge is imposed just for just sitting there and being seen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFood for thought in the best sense of the term, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Larder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is another delectable work of fiction by a 2001 winner of The National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUSED BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e176 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published January 1, 2001\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67587461120094,"sku":"9780140276411","price":6.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/92333.jpg?v=1790731769","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/the-devils-larder-jim-crace","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}