A Certain Hunger
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ePUB 3
Kopierschutz
Nein
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
05.07.2022
Verlag
Faber & FaberSeitenzahl
240 (Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
690 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780571372331
'Irresistable.' Megan Abbott
'A gory, gorgeous feast of a book.' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'This book is crazy. You have to read it.' Bon Appetit
Dorothy Daniels has always had a voracious - and adventurous - appetite. From her idyllic farm-to-table childhood (homegrown tomatoes, thick slices of freshly baked bread) to the heights of her career as a food critic (white truffles washed down with Barolo straight from the bottle) Dorothy has never been shy about indulging her exquisite tastes - even when it lead to her plunging an ice pick into her lover's neck.
There is something inside Dorothy that makes her different from everybody else. Something she's finally ready to confess. But beware: her story just might make you wonder how your lover would taste sautéed with shallots and mushrooms and deglazed with a little red wine.
'An unapologetic, rollicking satire of one woman's insatiable appetite.' Irish Times
'Thrilling and awful.' The Times
'One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory.' New York Times
'Riotously funny and deliriously unhinged.' Refinery29
READERS ARE DEVOURING A CERTAIN HUNGER:
'Decadent, sleazy, visceral, disgusting. I can't believe this is a first novel.'
'If a female Hannibal starred in Orange is the New Black, it would give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from this novel. ... I could write pages about how much I loved this book but it would still not do it justice. Just read it!'
'This was everything I wanted from a book. Exciting, funny, gory, and most of all the absolutely exquisite writing.'
'I loved this book from beginning to end, it was dark, humorous and also made me a feel a little queasy in places!'
'A gory, gorgeous feast of a book.' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'This book is crazy. You have to read it.' Bon Appetit
Dorothy Daniels has always had a voracious - and adventurous - appetite. From her idyllic farm-to-table childhood (homegrown tomatoes, thick slices of freshly baked bread) to the heights of her career as a food critic (white truffles washed down with Barolo straight from the bottle) Dorothy has never been shy about indulging her exquisite tastes - even when it lead to her plunging an ice pick into her lover's neck.
There is something inside Dorothy that makes her different from everybody else. Something she's finally ready to confess. But beware: her story just might make you wonder how your lover would taste sautéed with shallots and mushrooms and deglazed with a little red wine.
'An unapologetic, rollicking satire of one woman's insatiable appetite.' Irish Times
'Thrilling and awful.' The Times
'One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory.' New York Times
'Riotously funny and deliriously unhinged.' Refinery29
READERS ARE DEVOURING A CERTAIN HUNGER:
'Decadent, sleazy, visceral, disgusting. I can't believe this is a first novel.'
'If a female Hannibal starred in Orange is the New Black, it would give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from this novel. ... I could write pages about how much I loved this book but it would still not do it justice. Just read it!'
'This was everything I wanted from a book. Exciting, funny, gory, and most of all the absolutely exquisite writing.'
'I loved this book from beginning to end, it was dark, humorous and also made me a feel a little queasy in places!'
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
She ate!
Hannah am 12.08.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2565328
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
Dorothy is a food critic over the top and beyond, with no limits. She loves what she eats & and she eats what or who she loves! Between fresh bread, exquisite truffles and wonderfully riped wine we find the liver of a loved one. The story of a serial killer who just didn't have any boundaries when it came to her hunger.
With such fun wit and charme she reflects her life and the crimes she committed topped with brutal honesty. It's stomach turning and really disgustingly interesting to read. You really got to support women's wrongs once in a while!
Over the Top and On Purpose
mima am 04.07.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2531224
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
A Certain Hunger is gross, vulgar, crass and unapologetically so. It’s also clever, sharp, and darkly funny. I genuinely enjoyed myself.
The novel certainly tries hard to shock, and the relentless food metaphors and overstuffed prose can be exhausting at times. But the excess feels intentional, even calculated. If the book is over the top, it’s because it’s meant to be, and crucially, it’s executed with style and control.
The framed narrative works well, and the digressions into various topics—culinary, cultural, philosophical—are often surprisingly engaging. That said, the friendship between Dorothy and Emma felt underdeveloped, especially in contrast to the otherwise elaborate voice and structure.
Still, the novel offers a very particular kind of reading experience: indulgent, grotesque, ironic, and weirdly satisfying. It scratched an itch I didn’t know I had.
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