You may have read last week about Queen Oprah proclaiming to her legion of followers that she loves bread. Sales of the carb-laden goodies rocketed, membership to Weight Watchers increased significantly and America forgot all about that part pertaining to regular exercise.

Now in another body blow to dear Tim Noakes a novel called ‘Death by Carbs’ has hit the shelves, penned by Paige Nick and focused on the murder of the Professor of Banting. More from News24:

“People were really fervent in their beliefs about this. Everyone was talking about it, and was either pro or against it,” she said. “I decided to see the funny side to this craze.”

The book, which Noakes said left him “breathless right until the end”, sees one Detective Bennie September investigating the scientist’s murder.

The sleuth needs to determine who killed Noakes: Was it the widow or the ex-publisher who turned down Noakes’s bestseller? A co-author or the SnackCorp CEO? Perhaps it was the internet trolls and haters or the fans as “everyone knows how angry hungry people can get”?

If you’re thinking that’s a little offside then consider that Nick has actually spoken to Noakes about the storyline:

“I approached him before it was published for permission as his lawyers are bigger than mine and he dies on the first page,” Nick said.

“I didn’t hear from him for six weeks until he got back to me and only asked me to correct my reference to his weight as he would be slated if I made him heavier than the 81kgs he actually is.”

The devil is in the detail right, and they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity…

[source:news24]