Devil’s Kitchen is a cornucopia of literary styles. The stories contain Interior monolog, dream sequences, and first, second, and third person narrators. In these culturally diverse stories, Roger Moore holds a dialog with his time and places. These dialogs take place in Canada, England, France, Mexico, Spain, and Wales. The literary styles include pseudo- autobiography - A Convent Education, Creative Non-fiction – A Letter from My Past , Interior Monolog – Crave More , Magical Realism – Crocodile Tears and Don Benito, , Science Fiction – Devil’s Kitchen , and Cultural Commentary – Hiraeth . The collection is linked by its exploitation of allusion, elusion, metaphor, poetry, rhythm, and the relationship between poetry and the poet’s Bakhtinian dialog. Several of the stories within this collection have been published or have received awards. Aspiring writers would do well to add Devil’s Kitchen to their bucket list. They will learn a great deal about writing narrative and poetic creativity from the collection.
Sir Roger George Moore, KBE was an English actor and film producer, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985, and also Simon Templar in the TV series The Saint from 1962 to 1969. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, in 2003 he was knighted in recognition of his humanitarian services, in 2008 appointed a Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, and in 2012 awarded an honourary doctorate by the University of Hertfordshire.