In the kitchen: a novel
by Ali, Monica
In this story of the rich and fascinating London subculture of chefs and kitchen denizens, Gabriel Lightfoot, executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, is trying to run a tight kitchen but his integrity--to say nothing of his sanity--is under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberant multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, business partners with whom he is secretly planning a move to a restaurant of his own, and a worker found dead in the kitchen's bas…
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- Full title :In the kitchen : a novel / Monica Ali.
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In this story of the rich and fascinating London subculture of chefs and kitchen denizens, Gabriel Lightfoot, executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, is trying to run a tight kitchen but his integrity--to say nothing of his sanity--is under constant challenge from the competing demands of an exuberant multinational staff, a gimlet-eyed hotel management, business partners with whom he is secretly planning a move to a restaurant of his own, and a worker found dead in the kitchen's basement.
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- Publication Date:2009.
- Edition:1st Scribner hardcover ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Scribner
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:436 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781416571681, 141657168X, 9781416571698, 1416571698, 9781416579007, 1416579001
- oclc:ocn299151114
- LC Classification:PR6101.L45
- Dewey Decimal:820
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