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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.

About the Author

Sarah Gilmartin is a critic who reviews fiction for the Irish Times. She is co-editor of the anthology Stinging Fly Stories and has an MFA from University College Dublin. She won Best Playwright at the inaugural Short+Sweet Dublin festival. Her short stories have been published in The Dublin Review, The Tangerine and New Irish Writing. 

Reviews

"A book guaranteed to get people talking... a big topic requiring care, and Gilmartin tackles it with aplomb... both chewy and meaty fare, rare and well done" —Irish Times

‘The exhausting and exhilarating life of a high-end restaurant is beautifully recreated in this masterful novel... deeply satisfying... A writer correctly confident in her recipe" —Emma Healey, Irish Independent

"This coolly furious dissection of sexual assault and its aftermath is as carefully constructed as anything served up in the Michelin-starred restaurant run by the chef whose alleged behaviour sets the novel in motion... compelling" —Marie Claire

Dimensions: 13 x 1.75 x 19.79 cm