James and John by Chris Bryant covers Instructions for preparing a whole

Instructions for preparing a whole lamb or camel hump sit alongside recipes for traditional dips

Vuong is at his best when focusing on sensory specifics

His book is both an eccentric history of the technology and a memoir

including the final one of his death

James and John by Chris Bryant covers Instructions for preparing a wholeFrom award winning historian and Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Bryant MP, James and John tells the story of what it meant to be gay in early 19th century Britain through the lens of a landmark trial. They had nothing to expect from the mercy of the crown; their doom was sealed; no plea could be urged in extenuation of their crime, and they well knew that for them there was no hope in this world. When Charles Dickens wrote these tragic lines he