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Magical Narcissism: Selected Writings on Books, Writers, Food and Chefs

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Product Description What has happened to Bret Easton Ellis' ego? Why does Ferran Adri reject the gastronomy he invented? Who was the poet that punched her husband in the face? Why is David Sedaris broken in the wrong way? When is it comforting to eat spleen? Where did Timothy Taylor take a wrong turn? In MAGICAL NARCISSISM, award-winning Canadian journalist and critic Shaun Smith investigates all these questions and many others as he pursues his two great loves: books and food. In dozens of short pieces, Smith tackles works by such luminaries as Steve Martin, Joan Didion, Douglas Coupland, Tom Perrotta, Iain Banks, Christopher Hitchens, Heston Blumenthal, Susur Lee, Bonnie Stern, Jeffrey Steingarten, and A.A. Gill. He takes us to pig roasts in southern Ontario and northern Spain. He wonders why people want books defaced by author autographs. He sings the praises of invention. And he laments a dearth of donuts. Sometimes caustic, sometimes celebratory, always entertaining, the works in this volume represent the best from fifteen years of writing for such publications as the Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, CBC.ca, Quill & Quire, and others. "Books and food, are not really so disparate," writes Smith; "both provide sustenance and, if you're lucky, gratification, and both can - and in my case usually do - elicit strong opinion." Read more Product Description What has happened to Bret Easton Ellis' ego? Why does Ferran Adri reject the gastronomy he invented? Who

was the poet that punched her husband in the face? Why is David Sedaris broken in the wrong way? When is it comforting to eat spleen? Where did Timothy Taylor take a wrong turn? In MAGICAL NARCISSISM, award-winning Canadian journalist and critic Shaun Smith investigates all these questions and many others as he pursues his two great loves: books and food. In dozens of short pieces, Smith tackles works by such luminaries as Steve Martin, Joan Didion, Douglas Coupland, Tom Perrotta, Iain Banks, Christopher Hitchens, Heston Blumenthal, Susur Lee, Bonnie Stern, Jeffrey Steingarten, and A.A. Gill. He takes us to pig roasts in southern Ontario and northern Spain. He wonders why people want books defaced by author autographs. He sings the praises of invention. And he laments a dearth of donuts. Sometimes caustic, sometimes celebratory, always entertaining, the works in this volume represent the best from fifteen years of writing for such publications as the Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, CBC.ca, Quill & Quire, and others. "Books and food, are not really so disparate," writes Smith; "both provide sustenance and, if you're lucky, gratification, and both can - and in my case usually do - elicit strong opinion." Read more You May Also Like The Sweet Life in Paris: Best Food Writing 2011 A Moveable Feast (Travel Literature) GUT CHECK: Adventures in eating, drinking and wretched excess Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity