num_pages: 325
description: Winner of a Somerset Maugham Award 1997 A stunning novel of political life, betrayal and passion, which lifts the lid on vice within the Palace of Westminster!and cost Hensher his job as a House of Commons clerk. John is a distinguished widower with a hump, two daughters, and an important job in the House of Commons. He also has a fondness for visiting rent boys in the afternoons, and a passion for secrecy!
language: English
title: Kitchen Venom
titlecomplete: Kitchen Venom
genres: 20th Century, LGBT, Fiction
ratings_count: 53
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Somerset Maugham Award
publisher: Flamingo