Picklehead [Paperback]

Rohan Candappa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 2006

Rohan Candappa, author of bestselling humour books such as the "Little Book of Stress" and "The Curious Incident of the Weapons of Mass Destruction", is the son of a Sri Lankan father and Burmese mother. He grew up small and round in South London, riding his chopper bike and supporting Leeds United. But, every day his mother would conjur delicious meals out of thin air. His father cooked too, with fiery flavourings, black curries and green coriander chutneys. Their home became the focus for family gatherings and feasts of such delicacy and exoticism that you'd never have known Norwood lay outside the window. Yet, somewhere in his twenties Rohan forgot his culinary heritage and it wasn't until he was bringing up his own young family that he began to think more about his identity as a second generation immigrant and the binding, identifying power of the family meal caught his imagination. And, so he began this beautifully written, funny, poignant memoir of his heritage and his home. Of curry leaves and curried chips. Hot chillis and hot dogs. Pataks and Heinz. About the past and the present - and the place where time should cease to matter...the family kitchen.

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About the Author

Rohan lives with his wife and two children in North London. After a career in advertising he is now a full-time writer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Ebury P. (March 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0091897785
• ISBN-13: 978-0091897789
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,077,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

After many years working in advertising, Rohan Candappa is now a full-time writer. He is the author of several successful AMP titles, including the international best-seller The Little Book of Stress (125,000 net copies) and The Little Book of Wrong Shui (100,750 net copies). Now he writes funny books full of very bad advice when he is not hiding from his two children. Obviously, he is a little overweight, but he finds that black is a very slimming color.