Sweetmeat

By Luke Sutherland

In London's Delphi Restaurant, Bohemond, Head Chef, has begun to prepare the perfect wedding meal for his boss, Hermione, and her womanising fiance, Paris. But then he discovers a mysterious love... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552999202
• ISBN13: 9780552999205
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Black Swan
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.0" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Nice One

A must read for anyone who has visited or lived in London for a time. Various places seem to trigger metaphysical imagery for Sutherland and his protagonists. There's an ambitious cache of allegory here, but the author and the characters manage it well.Food is the foil, allowing head chef Bohemond to find his humanity AND his spirit. Wordplay and alliteration bring incredibly vibrant passages to life--with almost all things orbiting food. The Delphi restaurant described in Sweetmeat is located in a metaphysically interesting area on the southbank of the Thames, and I suppose that it some way parallels the awakening of cuisine in Britain, via ethnicity, via et ceteras. There is a lot here to enjoy and to contemplate.While the plot at times takes some patience, it's the mastery of the language and the strength of imagination that make Sweetmeat a good novel. A character from the author's spoken word "Pink Puppet" figures prominently, with a brief cameo by one from his first book, Jelly Roll...all in all, an intriguing work and definitely worth the read.