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
"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
"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
"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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