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Sweetmeat (Paperback)

by Luke Sutherland (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan; New edition edition (3 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552999202
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552999205
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 861,900 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Only the most discerning gourmands dine at the Delphi--an oasis of sensual delights, situated incongruously next to Tower Bridge, and presided over by Bohemond, the capital's heaviest chef. But celebrated though he is, the gargantuan Bohemond is a study in loneliness and longing. The object of his desires, restaurant owner Hermione, is about to marry the cruel and philandering Paris. Bohemond is planning their wedding feast--a global-historical tour of the taste buds, designed to turn Hermione's heart.

As the lovelorn chef pours sweat and tears into the cooking pot, Faulkner, the restaurant's bandleader bewitches the diners with tales of his heroic past: a heady casserole of myth and fairy tale, centred around the efforts of two ill-starred lovers--one black, one white--to escape prejudice and retribution in 1920s America. Bohemond becomes entranced by the tales, seeing them as allegories for his own, self-defeating obsession with Hermione. His friends and colleagues watch in concern as Bohemond's reality becomes populated by the demons and angels of his imagination. Perhaps one person--the enigmatic beauty Beatrice--can save him, but only if she can save herself. Readers who were stunned by Sutherland's debut novel Jelly Roll might be surprised to find him dealing with very different territory here. But to read this book and complain that its plot and its characters rarely touch base with reality would be like asking for tomato ketchup in a fine restaurant. Sweetmeat is a written feast, a magical and haunting tale of the heart, which establishes its author as a truly original voice in modern fiction.--Matthew Baylis --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.



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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but flawed., 9 Jun 2003
I loved Luke Sutherland's first book "Jelly Roll", so was really looking forward to his follow-up. He's taken the brave decision to move to a completely different subject and set his second book in the exclusive restaurant set of London. The plot is dealt with elsewhere on these pages so I'll refrain from any repetition. I did enjoy the book overall, but felt that there were a couple of areas that were less than satisfactory. Firstly, it was difficult to disentangle the fact from the fantasy in some sections. Was Legion just part of a story within a story, or was it actually the Devil walking among us? If not the latter, how was did all the destruction in the later sections of the books happen? And where DID the gold feathers come from? Did they really exist?

I also thought the ending was a bit of a non event. Too many things were left up in the air. But, overall, I did enjoy it.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Loose yourself in this blissfully dark modern fairy tale, 6 April 2002
By mcnlsold@aol.com (Los Angeles, California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sweetmeat (Paperback)
I began reading this book late last night, hoping to get a few chapters in before going to bed. I found myself still ripping through its pages, four hours later, unable to put it down. I became completely enthralled in the dark, magical world that Mr. Sutherland has created.
Sweetmeat contains all the ingredients neccessary to provide a mystical trip through another world. Beautiful, frightening, tragic, and comic, this book will have you laughing at one moment and curling up in terror in the next. I highly recommend this read to anyone looking to be swept away into a blissful oblivion. I say with complete confidence and gratitude, that we will be hearing much more from Luke Sutherland in the years to come.
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fashionable style, little enduring substance, 16 Jun 2003
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Sutherland has a good handle on how to catch a publisher's eye. He breaks up his prose with chunks of non-prose (a little like Zadie Smith in White Teeth), such as lists, notes, and so on; he uses plenty of 'authentic' regional argot, and depicts contemporary London as full of fascinating eccentrics mainly concerned with hedonistic pursuits - a "Time Out" view of the capital. It's often done skilfully, but always knowingly, and genuine insight is lacking. This is just the kind of supposedly fashionable writing that London publishing houses have been punting on for years. And that's the real problem. We've been here too many times before, and the market is sated.
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