Chelsea G. Summers is a freelance writer whose work focuses on sex, politics, tech, fashion and culture. She is a former academic and professor with Ph.D. training in eighteenth-century British literature, a discipline that has proven to be shockingly useful when writing about contemporary culture. She was a columnist for the now defunct ADULT magazine, has a piece upcoming in Roxane Gay's Medium series, and her work has appeared in VICE, Fusion, Hazlitt, The New Republic, Racked, and The Guardian. She splits her time between New York and Stockholm, Sweden, and can be found on twitter @chelseagsummers. This is her first novel.
A Certain Hunger is a hearty novel that, despite its graphic
themes of murder, flesh eating, sex, and the dessert menu, is also
quite funny. With direct jabs at toxic masculinity and razor-sharp
awareness of feminist tropes, Chelsea G. Summers's novel is a
slasher-sexy, rich satire. --Foreword Reviews
A Certain Hunger is a swaggering, audacious debut, and a
celebration of all the wet, hot pleasures of human contact.
--The New Republic
A Certain Hunger is as hot and mean and ruthless as its
heroine. Summers' novel is a lush banquet of sensory delights, but
just under the surface, there's a slick, hard, unassailable core of
female rage. This is the monster I didn't know I wanted." --Jude
Ellison Sady Doyle, author of Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers:
Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power
"For those who can stomach it, A Certain Hunger, by Chelsea
G. Summers is a macabre banquet of a suspense novel serving up
carnal and gustatory surprises...Dorothy speaks like Humbert
Humbert and behaves like Hannibal Lecter.--Maureen Corrigan (of
NPR's Fresh Air) in the Washington Post
"I devoured Chelsea G. Summers's witty, sinister debut in an
absolute delirium of pleasure. The murderous recollections of food
critic Dorothy Daniels, who only eats the ones she loves, are
louche, bawdy, and gorgeously depraved, whether she's teaching us
how to mix the perfect cocktail or butcher a human body. By turns
filthy and philosophical, Summers' riveting prose tempts us on
every page... A Certain Hunger stands alone as an
unapologetic paean to female desire that begs to be savored with
some fava beans and a nice Chianti. --Amy Gentry, bestselling
author of Good as Gone and Last Woman Standing
A comic novel, a horror novel, a feminist novel and a moral novel
of a kind, A Certain Hunger will sate yours -- at least for
entertainment.--Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times
Chelsea G. Summers' A Certain Hunger is easily the most distinctive
and unforgettable crime novel of this year, a delicious soupcon of
satire. --Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita
Dazzling and gruesome, Chelsea G. Summers has written a gripping
tour de force about female friendship, haute cuisine, and how to
filet a man and serve him with fine Italian wine. I could not put
it down. --Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood
In this magnetic and satirical debut, Chelsea G. Summers gives us a
different kind of food narrative. Dorothy Daniels is a food critic,
master cook, and lover of sex. She's passionate about everything
she does. Including, unfortunately, murder. This one isn't for the
squeamish, as cannibalism is involved, but it is a fairytale-like
romp with feminist themes, so if you're looking for a horror-ish
yarn that also involves some great food scenes (and not just the
human flesh kind), keep an eye out for this one - perfect for those
dark winter afternoons. --Shondaland
The perfect novel for smart, cultured, angry women everywhere. With
wicked wit, A Certain Hunger educates, entertains, shocks,
and delights, and--if you're not careful--may just tempt you to
embrace your inner cannibal. --Alma Katsu, author of The
Hunger and The Deep
This book is crazy. You have to read it.--Bon Appetit
Magazine
Unabashedly and full-heartedly living out her id, Dorothy balances
her most revolting qualities with a caustic wit, a kind of wink and
a nod to readers when things get ghastly that it's all in good fun.
After all, she argues, 'Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.' Move
aside, Bret Easton Ellis. --Kirkus Reviews
You won't soon forget Dorothy or her delicious insights, but fair
warning: This book might turn you into a vegetarian, if you aren't
already. (Though as Dorothy herself acknowledges, 'It's
surprisingly easy to overcome moral qualms, if you give in to the
appetite.') --Library Journal, Starred Review
"A Certain Hunger is a masterful satire as brilliant as it
is deviant. Such a unique work: philosophical, poetic, and all
while being funny as hell. Chelsea G. Summers is a damn good
writer." --Mat Johnson, bestselling author of Loving Day and
Pym
"Chelsea G. Summers' A Certain Hunger reads like a dark,
delirious feminist fairy tale. Mordantly funny and lushly baroque,
it's American Psycho as rewritten by Angela Carter.
Irresistible." --Megan Abbott, bestselling author of You Will
Know Me and Dare Me
"Fiendishly entertaining... Summers's shocking and darkly funny
novel reads like a feminist-horror version of American Psycho."
--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"Riotously funny and deliriously unhinged, Chelsea G. Summers's
A Certain Hunger is the perfect send-up of foodie culture,
media, and serial killers-as-sex objects. Patrick Bateman and
Hannibal Lecter have nothing on Dorothy Daniels, a 51-year-old food
critic, who has an appetite for food and life, sure, but also for
killing men... an altogether delicious, deranged read."
--Refinery29
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