A review by snoakes7001
The Cook by Wayne MacAuley

5.0

I admit it - I only bought this book because the front cover featured some cover puff from Nick Cave. I've never bought a book before solely because someone I admire has a quote on the cover, so I instantly expected to regret it. Not a bit of it. Once you get used to the stream-of-consciousness style (and that is a little wearing at first I grant you) I warmed to Zac the narrator as he tries to drag himself out of the gutter via cook school.
The best recommendation I can give it is that the second I finished it I put Wayne Macauley's other novels on my to read list. Bloody fantastic.