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In 2024’s Irvine Welsh novel, Environmental Health Officer Danny Skinner embarks on a quest to uncover the so‑called "bedroom secrets of the master chefs," believing it will reveal truths about his own genetic makeup and compulsions. His investigations lead him from Edinburgh, the festival city of Scotland, to San Francisco, the culinary capital of the United States. Skinner’s pursuit is complicated by his intense hatred of neighbor and model‑railway enthusiast Brian Kibby. When Kibby is struck by a mysterious, debilitating virus, Skinner’s mission and personal life confront a chilling dilemma, placing the fate of both men on a razor‑thin edge. The novel is a gothic parable that probes contemporary obsessions with food, sex, and minor celebrity, while offering a probing look at male rivalry, identity, and the human need for belonging.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Irvine Welsh
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