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The Cook Condition:Well Read And there are perfect pranksA slim, bountiful, beautifully written (and gorgeously translated) 'Portrait of the Chef as a Young Man.' Nancy Klinke, The New York Times Book Review One of BBC Culture's Ten Books to Read this March and The Rumpus Book Club Pick for March Maylis de Kerangal follows up her acclaimed novel The Heart with a dissection of the world of a young Parisian chef More like a poetic biographical essay on a fictional person than a novel, The Cook is a coming of