The Devil's Larder: A Feast

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Summary: Wonderful Short-Short Stories
Review: What a beautiful little book! I first read Jim Crace with his book Quarantine and I also read Being Dead--a very good book. This book, however, is the best of the lot. Yes, it is brief but its language is beautiful and its themes varied. It is at times funny, thought-provoking, poignant and always lovely.

It is not, in fact, a novel but rather 64 short vignettes. As the title implies, the connecting theme throughout the stories is the appearance of food in one way or another. I had thought that I might point out what some of the better vignettes are but they are all so good and they are so varied that I can't pick just a few to discuss without denigrating others without reason.

This is a very short book that can easily be read in one sitting so give it a try. Then, once you've read it once, go back and read it again, bit by bit. It's worth it.