In a bizarre twist from the usual, Computer-related posts, i've decided that this blog is to be for anything and everything; and what better post to start with, than Natalie Young's new book. I've pre-ordered it - yes, i've pre-ordered a book! Believe it or not, i've never pre-ordered a book before. Video games, CD's - yes, but never a book. I must say, i'm rather looking forward to it popping up on my Kindle as soon as it gets released. So far, all we've got to go on (unless you were lucky enough to receive an un-finished copy of the book, as some Amazon customers seem to have done) is the tagline and the blurb.
The tagline: Always let the meat rest under foil for at least ten minutes before carving...
And the blurb: Meet Lizzie Prain. Ordinary housewife. Fifty-something. Lives in a cottage in the woods, with her dog Rita. Likes cooking, avoids the neighbours. Runs a little business making cakes. No one has seen Lizzie's husband, Jacob, for a few days. That's because last Monday, on impulse, Lizzie caved in the back of his head with a spade. And if she's going to embark on the new life she feels she deserves after thirty years in Jacob's shadow, she needs to dispose of his body. Her method appeals to all her practical instincts, though it's not for the faint-hearted. Will Lizzie have the strength to follow it through?
The tagline sends a shiver down my spine. As a recent vegetarian-convert, the thought of meat and knives/carving makes me feel uneasy. What scares me the most, is that, the title and the tagline suggests that the meat Lizzie is resting underneath the foil, is that of her husband's remains. Reading the blurb confirms that not only does Lizzie know about this; but she was the one who killed him, violently. Now, I had to order (well, pre-order) this book because I want to know what Lizzie will do. Will she dispose of the body? Will she come to her senses and realise she has committed a vicious, inhuman act of murder? Will she get away with it? I have so many questions, as i'm sure do you.
When you think of the word 'dispose', you think bins, trash, junk and the like. The connotations of the word 'dispose' don't spring to mind when we're talking about a human-being. When I first read through the blurb, I thought that Lizzie had killed her husband and the story would be about her coming to terms with her actions and perhaps turning herself in to the police, after feeling guilty. The front cover, however, depicts a scenario that I hadn't thought about, or didn't want to think about for that matter. With the meat under foil (according to the blurb) and a knife and fork making the front cover, it hints towards Lizzie being the opposite of the ordinary housewife that we're lead to believe she is. Either way, it looks like Season To Taste is going to be a dark, deeply disturbing, sinister roller-coaster ride into the mind of Lizzie Prain. I'm in the queue and i'm going to wear a crash helmet and hold on tight for this one...
If you dare to find out more, check out my review for this book, which should be up towards the end of January.
Thanks for reading!
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