Teo’s life as a Paris brasserie apprentice is filled with challenges and triumphs, as well as all the regular abuses of slammed commercial kitchens. Still, he rises through the ranks, eventually returning to his hometown of Vancouver to open Rue Véron, a French restaurant that goes on to become a sensation. His second restaurant, Orinoco, is also successful. But on the cusp of opening his third, a news story breaks filled with troubling accusations against Rue Véron’s popular executive chef, Frankie.

The media firestorm and subsequent public relations disaster threaten to destroy Teo’s empire, as well as his own personal life. And when the compounding consequences lead to unimaginable tragedy, Teo is left to question the impact of both individual action and people acting in great numbers.

PRAISE FOR THE RISE AND FALL OF MAGIC WOLF

“Timothy Taylor dishes up a pot-au-feu of fine dining and complicated relationships, seasoned with the bitter taste of abuse in the restaurant world.”

– BOB BLUMER, Gastronaut, bestselling author and Food Network Host

“A sumptuously written story about culinary ambition, restaurant-world vice, and the frailties of the heart.”

— KEVIN CHONG, author of The Double Life of Benson Yu

“The Rise and Fall of Magic Wolf is ambitious, intimate and wise, a surprisingly beautiful and ultimately optimistic story about deeply flawed, authentic, humans. Timothy Taylor is one of the very best writers working today.“

– ARJUN BASU, author of The Reeds

PRAISE FOR TIMOTHY TAYLOR

“There is something unique and utterly convincing about Taylor’s fiction: it’s muscular without being overbearing, witty without going for easy laughs.”

– THE GLOBE AND MAIL

“Taylor has the miniaturist’s eye for telling gestures and objects, and a magical ear for cryptic dialogue about ordinary things … His talent glitters on the page.”

– VANCOUVER SUN