"Tervalon's impressive and long-awaited new novel draws you in to a modern-day labyrinth of fame, wealth, power, and, gradually, a secret core of iniquity. It's a timely vision and a compulsively readable parable, at once both fantastic and true." - Frederick Reiken, author of Day for Night "Jervey Tervalon's fast-moving tale is sure to strike a tantalizing chord for anyone who could not stop following the excesses of one certain bizarre postracial soft-voiced entertainer with a penchent for childhood amusements." - Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander "Tervalon's latest is masterful. He takes the kind of chances every writer dreams of. Monster's Chef is delicious reading." - Grace Octavia, Essence bestselling author of Should Have Known Better "Jervey Tervalon is a fantastic, brilliant and fearless writer, with a voice I would follow anywhere. I straight-up loved this book.
" - Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight "Jervey Tervalon is a fantastic, brilliant and fearless writer, with a voice I would follow anywhere. If there is any justice in this godless hellhole of a universe, Monster's Chef should bring him the wide and worshipful audience he deserves. With echoes of Junot Diaz, William Gibson and Walter Mosley, Monster's Chef takes us to places other writers would think twice-at least-before visiting, and makes the reader glad to be there. I straight-up loved this book." - Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight "Tervalon's impressive and long-awaited new novel draws you in to a modern-day labyrinth of fame, wealth, power, and, gradually, a secret core of iniquity. What's startling is how familiar the whole spectacle becomes once Monster shows his face and begins to speak. It's a timely vision and a compulsively readable parable, at once both fantastic and true." - Frederick Reiken, author of Day for Night "Jervey Tervalon has a sick and original imagination--and I mean that in a good way.
" - Tayari Jones, author of Leaving Atlanta "Boldly basing this freakish music mogul on Michael Jackson, best-selling Tervalon (Dead above Ground, 2000) creates a tangy tale of suspense spiked with fantasy and wrapped around a peppery investigation into the twisted complexities of race, sex, power, and obsession. Recipes are included in Tervalon's clever, hair-raising gothic thriller, a novel readers will devour." - Booklist "Tervalon creates a tangy tale of suspense spiked with fantasy and wrapped around a peppery investigation into the twisted complexities of race, sex, power, and obsession. Recipes are included in Tervalon's clever, hair-raising gothic thriller, a novel readers will devour." - Booklist.