{"product_id":"in-the-kitchen-9781416571698","title":"In the Kitchen","description":"Monica Ali, nominated for the Man Booker Prize, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has written a follow-up to \u003ci\u003eBrick Lane \u003c\/i\u003ethat further establishes her as one of England's most compelling and original voices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGabriel Lightfoot, an enterprising man from a northern English mill town, is making good in London. As executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, he aims to run a tight kitchen. Though he's under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberantly multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, and business partners with whom he is secretly planning a move to a restaurant of his own, all Gabe's hard work looks set to pay off. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil, that is, a worker is found dead in the kitchen's basement. It is a small death, a lonely death--but it is enough to disturb the tenuous balance of Gabe's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter Lena, an eerily attractive young woman with mysterious ties to the dead man. Under her spell, Gabe makes a decision, the consequences of which strip him naked and change the course of the life he knows--and the future he thought he wanted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith prose that crackles with verve and vivacity (\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e) and a truly Dickensian cast of characters (\u003ci\u003eThe Buffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e), Ali's portrait of a middle-aged Holden Caulfield wandering the streets (\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e) is a sheer pleasure to read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416571698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 6.32w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/30\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Monica Ali","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42277235294389,"sku":"9781416571698","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_97794ba5-9c61-4fa5-9e96-c551bd329c70.jpg?v=1657596379","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-the-kitchen-9781416571698","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}