{"product_id":"9781429962360","title":"The Devil's Larder: A Feast","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sumptuous, scintillating stew of sixty four short fictions about appetite, food, and the objects of our desire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll great meals, it has been said, lead to discussions of either sex or death, and \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Larder\u003c\/i\u003e, in typical Cracean fashion, leads to both.  Here are sixty four short fictions of at times Joycean beauty--about schoolgirls hunting for razor clams in the strand; or searching for soup-stones to take out the fishiness of fish but to preserve the flavor of the sea; or about a mother and daughter tasting food in one another's mouth to see if people really do taste things differently--and at other times, of Mephistophelean mischief: about the woman who seasoned her food with the remains of her cremated cat, and later, her husband, only to hear a voice singing from her stomach (you can't swallow grief, she was advised); or the restaurant known as \"The Air\u0026amp;Light,\" the place to be in this small coastal town that serves as the backdrop for Crace's gastronomic flights of fancy, but where no food or beverage is actually served, though a 12 percent surcharge is imposed just for just sitting there and being seen.\u003cbr\u003eFood for thought in the best sense of the term, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Larder\u003c\/i\u003e is another delectable work of fiction by a 2001 winner of The National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128074027248,"sku":"9781429962360","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429962360_p0.jpg?v=1769902508","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429962360","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}