false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172748613m/212534.jpg 212534 10 "A family saga, a revenge fantasy, a <I>Twilight Zone</I>-esque parable, and, most importantly, a very fun read."&#151;<I>Entertainment Weekly</I></B><BR><BR>This story of two men locked in a war of wills that threatens their very existence is vintage Irvine Welsh. Troubled restaurant inspector Danny Skinner is on a quest to find the mysterious father his mother will not identify. Unraveling this hidden information is the key to understanding the crippling compulsions that threaten to wreck his young life. His ensuing journey takes him from the festival city of Edinburgh to the foodie city of San Francisco. But the hard-drinking, womanizing Skinner has a strange nemesis in the form of mild-mannered fellow inspector Brian Kibby. It is Skinner's unfathomable, obsessive hatred of Kibby that takes over everything, threatening to destroy not only Skinner and his mission but also those he loves most dearly. When Kibby contracts a horrific, undiagnosable illness, Skinner understands that his destiny is inextricably bound to that of his hated rival, and he is faced with a terrible dilemma. Irvine Welsh's work is a transgressive parable about the great obsessions of our time: food, sex, and celebrity. 2900121 2006 The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs: A Novel total:599|5:6|4:8|3:11|2:4|1:1| 599 2067 888 76 4 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 11:35:48 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 11:48:07 -0700 2007
In The Bedroom Securets... Welsh spins a yarn so outlandish and raucous that the laughter one expects f...more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 22:08:33 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 09:12:20 -0700 2008 Ulysses done, I need to read something fast, entertaining, pulpy. Thanks, Irvine Welsh.

This brow-leaping habit may be genetic. My mom apparently read Salem's Lot (King) right after Anna Karenina (Tolstoy).

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Whenever I read Welsh I can't help but adapt his words to film in my mind. He writes really lush characters and settings that ordinarily aren't extraordinary - but he mak...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 09 14:32:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:32:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 00:03:13 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 23:37:10 -0800 2008
Bedroom Secrets has the quintessential whimsy found in most Welsh novels. It is like an urban Grimm's Fairytale complete with a white witch, a princess, a feud and a curse.

While I saw the twist c...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 01 09:46:37 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 13:43:01 -0800 2008 once trainspotting, which is a movie i enjoyed when it came out when i was 18 & still had a woefully under-developed taste in cinema so that cute accents & vague sub-cultural allusions could tempt me into claiming i liked a film, & it's a book that i read because i liked the movi...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Mar 31 18:16:48 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 08 09:26:53 -0700 2009 This one was no exception, it didn’t live up to expectations but at least I didn’t have to put it down.
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I suppose that this is a really well-written book, but I cant say for sure. I guess that writing in dialect does give the story more of sense ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 05:25:10 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 14:30:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jun 19 10:01:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 10:06:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 08:12:43 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 09:04:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 03:29:18 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 03:53:27 -0700 2008
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