Summers’A Certain Hunger introduces us to the food world’s most charming psychopath and an exciting new voice in fiction. Recounting her life from a seemingly idyllic farm-to-table childhood, the heights of her career, to the moment she plunges an ice pick into a man's neck on Fire Island, Dorothy Daniels show us what happens when a woman finally embraces her superiority.Ī satire of early foodieism, a critique of how gender is defined, and a showcase of virtuoso storytelling, Chelsea G. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling from Manhattan to Italy for a taste of both.īut there is something within Dorothy that’s different from everyone else, and having suppressed it long enough, she starts to embrace what makes Dorothy uniquely, terrifyingly herself. A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hard-boiled detective novel, as if metaphor-happy Raymond Chandler handed the reins over to the sexed-up femme fatale and really let her fly.

Summers writes about a food critic, Dorothy Daniels, who also turns out to be a cannibal with an appetite for her ex-boyfriends. One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy’s clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. In her 2019 novel A Certain Hunger, Chelsea G. “One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory.A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hard-boiled detective novel, as if metaphor-happy Raymond Chandler handed the reins over to the sexed-up femme fatale and really let her fly.' -The New York Timesįood critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does.

One ofVanity Fair's Books That Will Get You Through This Winter A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hard-boiled detective novel, as if metaphor-happy Raymond Chandler handed the reins over to the sexed-up femme fatale A Certain Hunger - Bookmark Book Marks For those who can stomach it, A Certain Hunger, by Chelsea G.

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