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A fool and his money are soon parted--and nowhere so quickly as in the stock market, it would seem. In David Liss's ambitious first novel, A Conspiracy of Paper, the year is 1719 and the place London, where human greed, apparently, operated then in much the same manner as it does today. Liss focuses his intricate tale of murder, money, and conspiracy on Benjamin Weaver, ex-boxer, self-described "protector, guardian, bailiff, constable-for-hire, and thief-taker," and son of a Portuguese Jewish "stock-jobber." Weaver's father, from whom he has been estranged, has recently died, the victim of a horse-drawn carriage hit and run. Though his uncle has suggested that the accident wasn't quite so accidental, Benjamin doesn't give the idea much credence:
I blush to own I rewarded his efforts to seek my opinion with only a formal reply in which I dismissed his ideas as nonsensical. I did so in part because I did not wish to involve myself with my family and in part because I knew that my uncle, for reasons that eluded me, had loved my father and could not accept the senselessness of so random a death.
But then Benjamin is hired by two different men to solve two seemingly unrelated cases. One client, Mr. Balfour, claims his own father's unexpected death "was made to look like self-murder so that a villain or villains could take his money with impunity," and even suggests there might be a link between Balfour senior's death and that of Weaver's father. His next customer is Sir Owen Nettleton, an aristocrat who is keen to recover some highly confidential papers that were stolen from him while he cavorted with a prostitute. Weaver takes on the first case with some reluctance, the second with more enthusiasm. In the end, both converge, leading him back to his family even as they take him deep into the underbelly of London's financial markets.
Liss seems right at home in the world he's created, whether describing the company manners of wealthy Jewish merchants at home or the inner workings of Exchange Alley--the 18th-century version of Wall Street. His London is a dank and filthy place, almost lawless but for the scant protection offered by such rogues as Jonathan Wilde, the sinister head of a gang of thieves who profits by selling back to their owners items stolen by his own men. Though better connected socially, the investors involved with the shady South Sea Company have equally larcenous hearts, and Liss does an admirable job of leading the reader through the intricacies of stock trading, bond selling, and insider trading with as little fuss, muss, and confusion as possible. What really makes the book come alive, however, are the details of 18th-century life--from the boxing matches our hero once participated in to the coffee houses, gin joints, and brothels where he trolls for clues. And then there is the matter of Weaver's Jewishness, the prejudices of the society he lives in, and his struggle to come to terms with his own ethnicity. A Conspiracy of Paper weaves all these themes together in a manner reminiscent of the long, gossipy novels of Henry Fielding and Laurence Stern. Indeed, Liss manages to suggest the prose style of those authors while keeping his own, less convoluted style. This is one conspiracy guaranteed to succeed. --Alix Wilber
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Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in eighteenth-century London, tracking down debtors and felons for aristocratic clients. The son of a wealthy stock trader, he lives estranged from his family—until he is asked to investigate his father’s sudden death. Thus Weaver descends into the deceptive world of the English stock jobbers, gliding between coffee houses and gaming houses, drawing rooms and bordellos. The more Weaver uncovers, the darker the truth becomes, until he realizes that he is following too closely in his father’s footsteps—and they just might lead him to his own grave. An enthralling historical thriller, A Conspiracy of Paper will leave readers wondering just how much has changed in the stock market in the last three hundred years. . . .
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In A Conspiracy of Paper, Benjamin Weaver must investigate a crime of the most personal sort, involving the mysterious death of his estranged father, a notorious stock-jobber. To find the answers, Weaver is drawn into the labyrinthine world of British finance, where powerful men from the South Sea Company are among the first to issue certificates of stock, an innovation that sets off a frenzy of speculation among investors and wariness among directors of the Bank of England.
As Weaver immerses himself in this strange new economic order, he must also contend with a garrolous prostitute who knows too much about his past and an estranged family that doesn't know quite what to make of him.
Written with scholarly attention to the detail of the period, A Conspiracy of Paper is one of the wittiest and most suspenseful historical novels in recent memory, as well as a perceptive and beguiling depiction of the origins of today's financial markets.
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Best fiction book I have read this year.......2007-08-28
This historical novel introduces us to "stock jobbers" working in the infant stock market of 1719 London. The characters, Sephardic Jews making a difficult living in a society that barely tolerated them, balancing their lives between the traditions of their families and the perilous society of England, are credible and appealing. What a great way to absorb the history and feel of this little known time!
This is a great book!.......2007-06-22
The book "A Conspiracy of Paper" by David Liss is simply an outstanding read. I came upon this book as a reading requirement in one of my classes I am taking in college, and I am so glad I found it. Written in 2000, it is hard to not feel as if this book was written centuries before. Liss, who was in the process of trying to achieve his Doctorate when he wrote this book, brings the reader back to London in the 18th century.
Liss infuses realistic, lifelike examples of the conditions that were present in the time period, and centers his story on the new trend of stock holdings and lotteries, which made many people very rich, in some instances overnight, and made others poor in the same manner. The story centers on the greed and corruption associated with money and money making opportunities.
Liss tells his story through the eyes of Benjamin Weaver, also known as Benjamin Lienzo, a former boxing great who revolutionized the sport, but now operates as the equivalent of a private investigator. Weaver is a man of Jewish heritage, a heritage he has largely ignored for at least 10 years prior to the time frame of the story. Weaver has lived a roughshod life, which serves him well in his quest for justice as a private investigator.
Weaver is tasked with investigating the mysterious deaths of his father and of his father's business associate. He is told that, despite the fact both are made to look as if they occurred as an accident and suicide, respectively, they were actually orchestrated by some sinister person or persons involved in the newly discovered money making opportunities of the time period. Weaver faces numerous challenges to get the information he wants, and has a tireless energy for justice and the truth. He has little formal education to deal with financial manners, and as one can imagine, Weaver is at a disadvantage in this realm, a realm he must understand and conquer to find he truth.
A Conspiracy of Paper is a book one will not want to put down until they finish it. It contains some areas of graphic violence, but it is used in a very real context of the time period, a period of no formal law enforcement during which crime runs rampant. Liss creates a character in Weaver that is very believable, one that will keep the reader indulged in this book from start to finish.
Dazzling historical drama.......2006-07-14
It is almost unfathomable that English doctoral candidate David Liss' "A Conspiracy of Paper" is his initial published offering, so polished is his work. Liss transports us back to the dangerous, unpoliced streets of 1719 London, a time of tumultuous changes in the world of finance. The longtime staple of hard currency is gradually being replaced by paper notes, a revolutionary concept for the times.
Liss protagonist Benjamin Weaver is an Iberian Jew whose family fled the Inquisiton into a more tolerant environment in England. Weaver an ex-pugilist is working as a thief-taker, what we would consider a detective, hired by moneyed clients. Weaver had eschewed the culture of his affluent family, changing his name and moving out of the Jewish ghetto to make his own way.
Weaver had been commissioned by a Mr. Balfour to investigate the circumstances of his father's death which had been ruled a suicide. His client believed that his father was really murdered to cover up some secretive financial transaction. Coincidently, Weaver's own father, Samuel Lienzo, a wealthy stock jobber (trader), had also been killed almost the same day as Balfour, being trampled by a horse drawn carriage.
Weaver's inquest put his immediately at odds with one Jonathan Wild, London's premier thief taker. Wild however was the head of a vast network of thieves, whores and other shady characters. His scheme would be to recoup goods that his own minions had actually robbed. Burning the candle at both ends, Wild would receive rewards for both recovering stolen goods and turning in the thieves responsible, his own charges, for punishment.
Weaver become obsessed with investigating both his father's and Balfour's deaths and reconciled with his estranged family's patriarch Uncle Miguel. Becoming ensconsed in his uncle's household, Weaver was introduced to several players in the financial world of London. He learned that The Bank of England and the South Sea Corporation, a massive fund, were vying for the same lucrative business concerning the reduction of national debt of England.
The deeper Weaver's investigation penetrated the more he become convinced that the deaths were related and murder was committed to hush sensitive details surrounding the South Seas Corporation's dealings.
Liss masterfully navigates his readers through a fascinating and convoluted plot with verbiage reminiscent of a Dickensian novel. Liss's grasp of the embryonic beginnings of the stock market with all its rewards and perils, barely known at this time is remarkable and demonstrates meticulous research. Fusing historical fact with fiction, Liss take us through these raucous times which culiminate with the first recorded stock market crash, The South Sea Bubble of 1720.
Gave up after reading 300 pages........2006-04-06
I'm having difficulty understanding all of the hype about this novel.
The writing style is not engaging. The main character is not credible. Even though he makes his living as a thief-taker, basically a free lance bounty hunter for the city of London, he naively throws guineas and shillings at any suspect rogue who requests money. This, even though he was supposedly just scraping by, financially.
I read just over 300 pages, then gave up.
Excellent Story, Slightly Disappointing Ending.......2006-02-28
I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Liss is able to bring the reader into the time and place of the story; it's an engrossing experience. As a financial know-nothing, I was amazed that I was able to understand the principles and the principals of the plot, thanks to the author's ability to mesh important explanations into the storyline. Not once did I have to go back to earlier chapters to recall who a particular character was, as often happens in complex conspiracy tales. My only criticism is that the ending seemed like a last-minute tag-on. Nevertheless, the book is well worth the read. Once I got into it, I couldn't put it down.
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1857 edition by Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig.
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A Conspiracy of Paper : A Novel
David Liss
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Mary Gentle first came to prominence with the lovingly conceived and beautifully written SF novel Golden Witchbreed. Its sequel, Ancient Light, then took the world and premise built into the first novel and deconstructed it thoroughly. Gentle's latest plays some of the same tricks with reader expectations.
In a typical fantasy milieu, the mud and blood of a military camp in 15th-century Europe, a scarred and beautiful 8-year-old girl kills her two adult rapists. She is Ash. In unflinching prose, Gentle describes the child's treatment in a men's camp, then the teenager's hard lessons in the art and craft of war, and finally the young woman's rise to command a mercenary army. Ash, it seems, is not only strong and fast but has the advantage of hearing a voice that instructs her on troop deployment. To the well-versed SF reader, the voice begins to sound suspiciously like a tactical computer.
Just as the reader gets ready to reassign the book to time travel SF, Gentle inserts--in what are purported to be excerpts from a 21st-century scholar's e-mail conversation with his publisher--hints that perhaps the novel belongs in the alternate history category. By now Ash and her army are embroiled in war and politics up to their fluted breastplates (armor, like all the historical detail, is minutely and accurately described), and if swords and poleaxes were not enough, she now faces golems and the Carthaginian army. Amazingly, Gentle makes this impossible mix believable, and by the end of the novel it is apparent that this is the beginning of a most interesting series. --Luc Duplessis
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There is more than one history of the world . . .
In the mid-fifteenth century there was Burgundy, the jewel of Europe-opulent and powerful, the undisputed center of an uncivilized world.
In an epoch of war and madness there was Ash. A girl born in mud and dung, she slew her first men while only eight. Scarred and ravaged, but still beautiful, she rose up to lead a great mercenary army before the age of twenty--and followed a sacred voice wise in the bloody ways of battle to a pinnacle unattainable to even the most potent of legends.
In a time when empires and alliances shifted like sand--when Mithras the bull was worshipped freely alongside the Christ--a great cloud arose out of Africa to darken the sun. The Visigoths came with their terrible machines-powered by magic or a science unknown to this day--and aimed their irresistible might toward the rich Burgundian prize, wrenching the wheel of civilization in an unknown and unexpected direction. And with their coming, one incomparable warrior raised on Destiny's ash heap became more that anyone thought one woman could ever be.
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A Fascinating Alternative History.......2007-06-26
I was hooked on this series halfway through the first book. The idea of an alternate medieval timeline and history has been done before, but never with as much skill as Gentle does in this series. First off, she's thorougly acquainted with actual medieval history-a prerequisite before you fiddle with it. Gentle is knowledgeable on real-world medieval history, political, social and religious; she's also done her homework on the composition of 15th century mercenary companies, their tactics, armor and weapons.
Her alternate Europe and Visigothic Empire are extremely believable. The e-mails back and forth between the professor and his editor only served to heighten the suspense for me, as they attempt to figure out how Ash's timeline could possibly exist, since it goes against everything we know from both written history and archaeology, about actual 15th century history.
The revelation of what the "wild machines" actually are was a bit anti-climatctic for me, but not enough to keep me from seriously enjoing this series. My one real complaint would be the over-use of profanity. Yes, medieval mercenaries swore-probably a lot. But in my humble opinion Gentle didn't have to have her fictional characters swear to the level she does in the books. Readers easily offended by profanity might want to skip these books, however the plot and background were so fascinating I was able to get past that. I guess one other minor complaint would be that I wish she'd also given us more details about the hybrid Christian/Mithraic Church with its "Green Christ" which exists in Ash's Euope. What she writes is just tantalizing enough to make me really want some more background on the history and theology of the Church in her alternate Europe; we know the history of the Arians, which is the real-world heretical interpretation of Christianity practiced by the Carthaginian Empire, it would just be nice to have a bit more background on the theology of the Green Christ. Perhaps she'll returm to Ash's Europe and explore it more in a later book or books.
All-in-all, this is historical ficton at its best.
Pretty Good Book.......2006-06-05
This is a pretty good book. Gentle uses an inventive premise to get us into the story. The book is framed as a work of nonfiction, an odd sort of narrative history cobbled together from sources about a fifteenth century female mercenary captain named Ash. In between the chapters are emails between the historian writing the book and his publisher. As the story goes on it becomes clearer that something wierd is going on. The story of Ash is clearly not taking place in history as we know it. At first it just seems like it's forgotten history, that some neo-Visigothic kingdom in North Africa slipped through the cracks of history and the book of Ash is revealing it. As we read more, however, this clearly isn't the case. There are odd things happening, working golems, medieval computers, apparently real magic etc. One of the most interesting parts of the book, at least for me, was how the historian who is writing this book comes to grips with this and how it effects the story. That story itself is interesting but not as compelling, in my opinion, as the framing device. It deals with Ash, a young female mercenary captain in late fifteenth century Europe. The main conflict in the story is spawned when a neo-Visigothic empire invades Europe and Ash's men are caught in the middle. As the series progresses the conflict becomes more complex and the nature of the antagonist changes. Gentles writing style is a mixed bag. Some of her action sequences are really interesting and fun and she works the fantasy and alternate history elements into the story in a very deft way. However, her dialogue is sometimes a little TOO realistic (spoken dialogue doesn't always read well) and some of her descriptions can be a little vague.
Unique in what it accomplishes.......2004-09-29
I read the entire series as one novel (the UK edition), so I am perhaps less qualified than the other readers here to judge the merits of the first quarter of it as a novel in its own right.
Having said that, I was hooked from page 1. The characters, including Ash herself and the "supporting cast", are first-rate, and drawn in Gentle's typically unflinching style. The setting is fascinating: not exactly history, but historical enough to be interesting as a narrative as well as an exploration of a particular period.
It's definitely not a book for the faint-hearted. It's brutal, filthy and extremely violent. Not violent in that epic-fantasy glamourised-sadistic way, but violent in the way that you'd expect medieval life and warfare to be. Hardened and accepting of human suffering as a fact of everyday life. When Ash says that she doesn't expect to live to middle age, you believe her -- and more importantly, you believe that this is a character who lives her life in the knowledge that it's going to be short and bright and in the end, ugly. There are no modern-day sensibilities transposed onto a medieval setting; Ash is as real as it gets.
True, this is by no means a perfect book. Others have pointed to the "buttressing" structure of the interspersed emails as annoying; I agree -- but on the other hand, the emails are relatively simple to skim-read, and you can always ignore them if you're really irked. It feels a bit gimmicky, but to be fair, does eventually grow into a plot of its own, with its own resolution.
The other problem I encountered was the increasing importance of the supernatural/sci-fi element in the later parts of the book. While I love sf, and appreciate the skilful combination of it with fantasy, it just didn't completely work for me here. I really wanted it to, but ultimately I was just too intererested in Ash as a realistic character and in her world as a real setting to be engrossed by the idea of golems and machines. The fault, if there is one, lies merely in how brilliant the "alternate history" part of the book is; it didn't need the golems and emails and other gimmicks to sell the character and her world to me.
Don't let these relatively minor gripes put you off. This book really is a rare find: a solid story about a strong, genuine, flawed, utterly believable girl leading an army. If you're sick of female heroes who worry about breaking a nail in combat, but you still believe that they could be attractive and even (yes, that word) feminine in a realistic way -- Ash is your girl. If you want a gritty, richly detailed medieval setting, swords and castles, without the constraints of real medieval history -- "Ash" is the story for you. But if you're after a swords-and-sorcery epic where there is no filth in the streets and everyone has perfect teeth -- walk away now.
Don't buy it unless you're going to buy the others.......2004-06-22
I am less impressed with Mary Gentle's writing than other reviewers - I often found myself confused about what was going on and who the secondary characters were, and like at least one other reviewer, I found the device of inserting emails from the contemporary fictional translator distracting. There are interestingly detailed medieval battle scenes, but only a few. The main character's dreary reliance on profanity wore on me. But most disappointing was the utter lack of resolution in any of the plot lines at the end of the book. If you weren't planning on buying further books in the series, don't bother with this one, because the story just hangs in mid-air at the end. I would have preferred more candor about this - I'm not taken enough with the character or the writing to bother with more of this, so that truly made this partial tale a waste of time. However, if the character intrigues you, or you want to read every alternate history book ever written, by all means go for it.
Brilliant twist to history.......2003-10-19
In this stunning set of books telling the story of a woman mecenary, Mary Gentle has cleverly set the story in context to a modern day search for reference material which in an extraordinary way seems to adapt itself to the story as it unfolds. The reader is on the one hand spellbound by the unfolding tale of a rough tough warrior maiden very similar to Joan of Arc and on the other facinated by the detective plot sitting over it played out in the present. One of the best set of books I have read for years and I read them all!
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Holy Heck!!.......2004-04-16
This was the best book I have read in years. The book was done really well. My oringinal copy is falling apart because I've read it so many times!! Hopefully oneday L.J. Smith will continure the series. She for some reason stopped.
The 6th Night World Book - Soulmates - My opinion........2003-08-06
It is my opinion that Hannah and Thierry are basically the poster children for the soulmate principle (hence the title). When you read the book, you will understand why.
Hannah is a normal girl with a normal life and normal friends. She aspires to be a palaeontologist and will be quite content with her life if she dies with nothing but the knowledge that she has discovered the nest of a duckbill platypus.
Then her ENTIRE world is turned upside down when she begins to find notes in places around that only she could put them. Notes in her own handwriting, warning her of a danger, a danger that was coming. Dead Before Seventeen...
She goes to a psychiatrist, who is supposed to help, but he unlocks a Pandora's box of memories when he suggests the idea of hypnotism, and past regression. Hannah is an old soul, someone who has been reincarnated time and again, ever since people lived in caves. A stranger tore her life apart, brutally murdering her tribe out of a madness born of torture and self-denial...until, he finds his soulmate, the one who he is destined to be with, in the eyes of a dying girl.
The stranger's name is Theorn, and he is a witch...or, he was, before he was made into the second vampire to ever cross the face of the earth...full of self hatred, he runs away from his tribe, but cannot contain his hunger for blood for long. He attacks a small human girl, and in return, her tribe torture him. Only one person dares to try to help him. A human girl by the name of Hana.
Unfortunately Theorn goes insane and he regains his mind to late. Almost all of the tribe are dead, including the one person who tried to help him. Stricken with remorse, he realises that this girl, who he has just killed, is the person who is meant to love for evermore. But the Hana is not dead yet. She forgives him, and extracts a promise from him. A promise that he will never kill again.
Now the stranger is back. He has kept his promise, and searched for Hannah throughout the years, trying to make amends, waiting for her to be reborn. Now he is Thierry, the Lord of the Night World -- and nothing in heaven or hell will keep him from his soulmate again. However, Thierry's maker, Maya, the most powerful vampire in the entire world is obsessed with him, and she hates Hannah with a vengeance. She will stop at nothing to destroy her...
So, it Hannah's destiny is death, can even Thierry's love protect her?
Excellent read!.......2003-03-15
Hannah thought she was going crazy. She kept receiving notes, in her own handwriting, that told her she would be dead before her seventeenth birthday.... A great horror series for those aged thirteen and up. Each in this series is a book in itself, but all come together in a greater picture. You see characters of previous books in cameo shots which make the plot even more realistic. Excellent!
Great Addition to Night World Series.......2003-02-23
If I could take one nightworld books to a desert island this would be it. Thierry-what a great guy!He has waited for centuries for Hannah to be reborn but each time she is she dies! Enter Maya the first vampire and a absoultly evil, souless being ( just read what she did to become a vampire!!)This ebony haired vamp has wanted Thierry since when they were cave people and her single minded obsession has torn Thierry and Hannah apart again and again through the ages. Can Hannah trust Thierry again? Will Maya seek therapy for her unhealthy fixation? Can things end happily for Hannah this time around or is she doomed to die again?
YAY!!!.......2002-11-25
WONDERFUL story! I still remember it to this day. L. J. Smith is a wonderful writer and this story - I think - is one of her best. The plot is so deep, I have to admit, I got a little tearful :') It's great. It DID take me a while to understand what was going on, but once I did, I couldn't put it down! (not good when you've got school the next morning) All in all, it's a great book!
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VAMPIRES OF NIGHTWORLD (Del Rey Books (Paperback))
David Bischoff
Manufacturer: Del Rey
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Release Date: 1981-06-12 |
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Fantastic "scientific" world of horror/fantasy.......1998-08-31
The story is set on Nightworld. A planet originally settled by humans that was anything but horrible. However, plans went awry and the result is a planet nearly dominated by monsters; especially at night.
At what monster more appropriate to dominate the creatures of the night than a vampire?
The creatures of Nightworld are not the products of magical spells, sorcery, or curses. They are sophisticated robots and cyborgs. There is even a bit of serious "bleeding edge" genetic biotechnology involved.
They are incredibly hard to stop and very hard to kill. There are a lot of them and more are getting made from time to time.
The young hero falls in love and suffers a bit of heartbreak. His nemesis the arch vampire is a bit to blame.
Plenty of action, emotion, suspense, and plot twists. Great likeable characters and evil enemies.
Hopefully the author(s) will get back to this series. "Nightworld" as the first book, this one was the second. It was a very good read and it makes me very sad they have not done another.
You don't have to be telepathic to know I enjoyed this book very much. Hopefully my enthusiasm is infectious and the publisher will bring the series back into print and encourage the writers to make more books for it.
The book could have been ahead of its time. Now that Terminator, Blade Runner, Blade, and the Lost Boys have each carved out their "chunk" of the public psyche books like this have a better chance of making it big.
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kind of a cheat.......2007-08-10
I like the recipes in this book for being realistic for the average kitchen and fairly unpretentious. There's nothing too exotic here, just good solid combinations of flavors. However there's little in the way of soups or sides or salads, mostly just different ways of handling protein. Also, if you are hoping to reproduce the meal you had at the restaurant, abandon that hope, because these have either been dumbed-down or changed slightly from what the house actually serves.
Mccormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant Cookbook.......2007-07-16
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant Cookbook is a sort of seafood encyclopaedia of recipes. This book contains everything appetizers, soup, and salads through sandwiches, pastas, and seafood classic dishes to recipes for fish, specialties, and grilled dishes. This book even includes dessert recipes.
Though not likely a cookbook that you will want to pull out to prepare the average family meal, this book will be an extremely valuable addition to anyone who loves a little seafood every now and then. Surprisingly, the recipes are pretty simple to make with the instructions being very easy to follow. However, these recipes do require fresh ingredients. Therefore, these dishes are probably best made for special occasions, a romantic meal, or just because you deserve a delicious treat when you have access to fresh seafood or fish. Alternately, go to McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant.
Seafood Lovers Rejoyce!.......2006-01-12
If you are a lover of seafood this is the book for you. Absolutely brimming over with detailed information about seafood, how to cook it, keep yourself safe eating it and just plain enjoying it. Chef King shares with the reader his recipes of seafood that are used in the famous "McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants," perhaps now you can enjoy these delicious meals at home.
We are given many recipes such as, Seafood Cocktails, Spenger's Fish Tacos, Apple Halibut and Grilled Rainbow Trout, to name only a few. This book is not stingy with its recipes and you will be amazed how many are shared with you and the concise and easy to following instructions for you to make these dishes.
You will also find a section on some mouth-watering deserts, such as, "Three Berry Cobbles," and "Deep-Dish Apple Pie." Hungry yet? The photos that I saw were bright and clear and certainly brought the food to light in a very visual way. All in all, for the seafood lover who would like to enjoy these wonderful meals at home, this cookbook is for you. Very well done.
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