Sweetmeat by Luke Sutherland (Paperback)

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The Delphi Restaurant is a strange, magical place. Yet among the myriad aromas of enticement and seduction, trouble simmers. Brilliant but unhappy, Bohemond, the wondrously talented head chef, teeters on the edge of personal oblivion. Only the love of Hermione, his boss, can save him, but she’s about to marry her philandering and offensive fiancé, Paris. Drawing on history and myth, Bohemond plans a wedding banquet which he hopes will bewitch her into renouncing her vows.

Meanwhile, the restaurant’s ancient band leader, Faulkner, spends the evenings recounting his incredible adventures with fugitive sweethearts Roosevelt and Beatrice in the segregated states of 1920s America. Spellbound by the stories of outlawed love, Bohemond redoubles his efforts to win Hermione. But as his obsession consumes him and he begins to encounter the hellish and divine creatures of Faulkner’s tales on the streets of London, his life is pitched into the chasm between truth and fable…

Building on the promise shown in his first novel, Jelly Roll, Luke Sutherland writes with an intoxicating rhythm and style, proving himself to be one of the most talented and inventive young writers around. In Sweetmeat he has created an unforgettably dark and erotic modern fairy tale, which is at once timely and timeless.