Service: the scorching, engrossing new novel from the Irish Times-bestselling author of Dinner Party
May 2023 · Pushkin Press
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'The exhausting and exhilarating life of a high-end restaurant is beautifully recreated in this masterful novel... A writer correctly confident in her recipe' Irish Independent 'A hugely gripping literary page-turner. Sharp, visceral and shocking' Claire Powell When Hannah learns that star chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she's thrown back to her summer waitressing at his high-end Dublin restaurant. A glamorous world of talent and testosterone, where attention from Daniel morphed into something darker... Now the restaurant is shuttered and Daniel is faced with the reality of the courtroom. His wife Julie is hiding from paparazzi lenses behind the bedroom curtains. Surrounded by the wreckage of the past, their three voices reveal a story of power, complicity and the courage that it takes to face the truth. ________________ 'A book guaranteed to get people talking... both chewy and meaty fare, rare and well done' Irish Times 'Coolly furious' Marie Claire 'A sharp, compelling drama' Good Housekeeping 'Every pages fizzes with energy and observation... A masterful novel' Rebecca Wait 'A delicious, scandalous glimpse behind the veil of a famous chef's ego and talent' Sunday Business Post'Powerful and compelling' Joseph O'Connor 'Perfectly controlled, to the very last page. Superb' Lucy Caldwell 'Smart, stylish and darkly funny' Aingeala Flannery
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Sarah Gilmartin is an Irish writer and arts journalist. She co-edited the anthology Stinging Fly Stories. Her short fiction has been published in The Dublin Review, New Irish Writing and The Tangerine. Her awards include Best Playwright at the Short+Sweet Dublin Festival and the Máirtín Crawford Short Story Award. Her bestselling debut novel Dinner Party (ONE, 2021) was shortlisted for an Irish Book Award and the Kate O'Brien Award. Her second novel Service (ONE, 2023) was a Waterstones Book of the Month, a Washington Post top books of summer, and a book of the year in the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Independent and Sunday Business Post.
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