Second Line: Two Short Novels of Love and Cooking in New Orleans

(Paperback, First Paperback Edition)

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First paperback edition. Brite has a rich and dedicated readership among readers of gay, cooking, horror, and mystery fiction. Brite and her husband, a chef, live in New Orleans. Since Hurricane Katrina she has moved away from fiction. This book features a new author's afterword on these two novels and their writing. "The Value of X" was the first of Brite's novels featuring two chefs, Rickey and G-man, who grow up together, fall in love, and find ways to work together. It was published in a limited hardcover edition by Subterranean Press in 2003 and is out of print. D*U*C*K is a short novel that was published post-Katrina in a limited hardcover edition by Subterranean Press and is out of print. The series has been published by Three Rivers (a Random House imprint) and all have sold 5-10,000 and have a loyal following.

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On D*U*C*K: "Brite does a fine job of evoking the Crescent City and its soul through delectable descriptions of its unique cuisine and the quirky characters who prepare it. This is fun foodie fiction, and readers will scarf it down as quickly as a plate of blackened crawfish."--Publishers Weekly "A must for followers of this quirky but fascinating series." --Booklist

Author Bio

Poppy Z. Brite's fiction set in the New Orleans restaurant world includes Prime, Liquor, and Soul Kitchen. She lives with her husband, Chris, a chef, in New Orleans.