Samuel Ashworth’s “The Death and Life of August Sweeney” is a novel concerned with viscera and the flesh. It begins with Sweeney — a gargantuan chef, of considerable appetites ...

I also loved this novel, so it was a pleasure to sit down with Ashworth and talk about celebrity chefs, dead bodies, independent publishers, and more. Washington City Paper: Tell us about The ...

Award-winning novelist, journalist, professor, screenwriter, and ghostwriter Sam Ashworth, joins John Landecker on the show ...