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Author: Gilmartin, Sarah

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 6 June 2024 by PUSHKIN PRESS (ONE) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 256 pages
198 x 130 x 18 | 230g

New in paperback: the conversation-starting, engrossing novel about power and consent in the pressure cooker of a high-end restaurantWhen Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she’s thrown back to the summer she spent waitressing at his high-end Dublin restaurant – the plush splendour of the dining rooms, the wild parties after service, the sizzling tension of the kitchens. But Hannah also remembers how the attention from Daniel soon morphed from kindness into something darker.

Now the restaurant is shuttered and Daniel is faced with the reality of a courtroom. His wife Julie is hiding from paparazzi lenses behind the bedroom curtains. Surrounded by the wreckage of the past, Daniel, Julie and Hannah must reconsider what happened at the restaurant. Their three different voices reveal a story of power and complicity, the lies we tell and the courage it takes to face the truth.