Troubled environmental health officer Danny Skinner is engaged on a quest to uncover what he refers to as “the bedroom secrets of the master chefs.” He regards the unraveling of this classified information as the key to learning genetic facts about himself and the crippling compulsions that threaten to wreck his young life. The ensuing journey takes him from Europe's festival city of Edinburgh to the foodie capital of America, San Francisco. But the hard-drinking, womanizing Skinner has a strange nemesis in the form of model-railway enthusiast Brian Kibby.
It is his 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 and debilitating mystery virus, Skinner understands that his destiny is inextricably bound to that of his hated rival, and he is faced with a terrible dilemma.
Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs is a gothic parable about the great obsessions of our time: food, sex and minor celebrity, and is a brilliant examination of identity, male rivalry and the need to belong in the world.
It is his 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 and debilitating mystery virus, Skinner understands that his destiny is inextricably bound to that of his hated rival, and he is faced with a terrible dilemma.
Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs is a gothic parable about the great obsessions of our time: food, sex and minor celebrity, and is a brilliant examination of identity, male rivalry and the need to belong in the world.
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Hardback Editions
August 2006 : Hardback
| Title: The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs Author(s): Irvine Welsh ISBN: 0-224-07800-3 / 978-0-224-07800-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Bedroom Secrets Of The Master Chefs Author(s): Irvine Welsh ISBN: 0-393-06453-0 / 978-0-393-06453-7 (USA edition) Publisher: WW Norton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs Author(s): Irvine Welsh ISBN: 0-09-948358-0 / 978-0-09-948358-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs: A Novel Author(s): Irvine Welsh ISBN: 0-393-32966-6 / 978-0-393-32966-7 (USA edition) Publisher: W. W. Norton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs Author(s): Irvine Welsh ISBN: 0-09-951344-7 / 978-0-09-951344-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Random House Uk Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2006 : Paperback
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