{"product_id":"9781805331773","title":"Cooking in the Wrong Century","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthors: Teresa Praauer \u0026amp; Eleanor Updegraff\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e May 2025 by Pushkin Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 176 pages \u003cbr\u003e143mm x 224mm x 20mm | 288g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Very funny, very stylish and very moving' ADAM THIRLWELL'An irresistible novel - I loved it' CLAIRE POWELL'Deliciously unsettling and thoroughly enjoyable' AYSEGÜL SAVASAn evening of perfect preparation. A night of uninvited chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the hostess, food has always been about growing up. From the pancakes your grandmother made you, dolloped with jam, to the salty glug of your first oyster. Now, poised at the brink of midlife, the hostess prepares for a dinner party in her new apartment. With a hunger for the finer things in life, she folds linen napkins into neat triangles, arranges wildflowers for the table and puts on a jazz playlist the projects effortless cool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut her composure begins to falter when her guests arrive drunk and late, downing bottles of her perfectly cooled wine and trailing water over the floor. Here comes the chain-smoking professor who never says the right thing, the husband glued to his smartphone, the wife who makes a secret pass at your boyfriend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs small talk and social preening give way to sexual tension and lost inhibitions, the hostess struggles to maintain control over an evening far beyond her wildest imaginings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55341045285239,"sku":"9781805331773","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781805331773.jpg?v=1750435154","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9781805331773","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}