The Devil’s Larder
Author: Jim Crace
THE DEVIL’S LARDER is a cumulative novel in sixty-four parts, all on the subject of food. Crace’s readers might learn that little is to be trusted about food from these hilarious, delightful and subversive ingredients, but they will encounter a startling and touching patchwork portrait of a community where meals are served with lashings of passion and recipes come spiced w….Read More
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