{"product_id":"9781805331773","title":"Cooking in the Wrong Century","description":"Author(s): Praauer, Teresa, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 08\/05\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 176 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Pushkin Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: PUSHKIN PRESS                  ,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945),\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 216 x 135\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9781805331773\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Very funny, very stylish and very moving' \u003cb\u003eADAM THIRLWELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An irresistible novel - I loved it' \u003cb\u003eCLAIRE POWELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Deliciously unsettling and thoroughly enjoyable' \u003cb\u003eAYSEGÜL SAVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn evening of perfect preparation. A night of uninvited chaos.\u003c\/b\u003e\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":"Praauer, Teresa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55165528899970,"sku":"9781805331773","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9781805331773.jpg?v=1745927205","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.live\/products\/9781805331773","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}