{"product_id":"9781526683984-aftertaste","title":"Aftertaste","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeast upon this year's most delicious debut novel: 'A fun romp through New York's food scene' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003eAn unforgettable, imaginative and darkly comic debut novel about food, ghosts and the New York culinary scene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Part ghost story, part gastro romance . and lashings of bittersweet humour' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fun romp through New York’s restaurant scene and the world of the undead’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e[The]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e answer to last year’s cult hit \u003ci\u003eButter\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA food story to binge. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ghost story to devour. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA love story to savour.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen dead-end dishwasher Kostya discovers the ability to summon spirits through the food he cooks, he embarks on a journey to open a New York City restaurant that serves closure – something he’s craved for as long as he can remember. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere are just three problems:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e Kostya has some ghosts of his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2.\u003c\/b\u003e His advancing menu of spirit cuisine is threatening the stability of the Afterlife itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003eHe’s falling in love with Maura, a party psychic with her own secret connection to the Afterlife – who also happens to be the one person who knows he must be stopped.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bittersweet cocktail of humour and heart, \u003ci\u003eAftertaste \u003c\/i\u003eis an imaginative odyssey through food and love, life and death: the things that sustain us, connect us, transport us, and remind us who we are.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Practically exploding with love, life and flavour’ \u003c\/b\u003eLOUISE KENNEDY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Bitingly inventive, written with humour and heart’ \u003c\/b\u003eELIZABETH DAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hauntingly evocative journey through the realms of pain, pleasure and the power of food\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’ \u003c\/b\u003eNIGELLA LAWSON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41808737370209,"sku":"9781526683984","price":14.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33621751.jpg?v=1753428418","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526683984-aftertaste","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}