Blood on the Table

Description:

"This collection of essays explores the semiotics of food in the 20th and 21st century crime fiction of authors. It covers a range of issues, such as the provision of intra-, per- or paratextual recipes, the aesthetics and ethics of food, eating rituals and eating disorders and other seemingly abnormal habits as signs of "otherness"--

subjects: Food in literature,  Detective and mystery stories,  History and criticism,  Eating disorders in literature,  Food habits in literature