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 ...
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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. "The 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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If compared to Welsh's previous works of fiction, this novel certainly stands out because of its "unwelshlike" style. Here the "bad boy" seems more mature. Despite dealing with the usual themes (Scotland's provincialism, sex, footbal rows, alcoholism and drug abuse), Welsh has sort of lost his impressionist technique (which was brilliant though) so that the narrative sequences are more coherent. His writing is less frenzied than in his other novels. Language itself is slightly different. Not only is it less explicit, but the characters speak dialect only in moments of high emotional stress. As to the characters, Danny and Brianare both well-rounded, complex and convincing. Welsh's fan will love this fantastic parabole of power obession in which the author mocks and denounces the false idols if our age. Excellent read.
