It is a small death, a lonely death - but it is enough to disturb the tenuous balance of Gabe's life.Įlsewhere, Gabriel faces other complications.

Until a worker is found dead in the kitchen's basement. Despite the pressures, all his hard work looks set to pay off. 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, and business partners with whom he is secretly planning a move to a restaurant of his own. As executive chef at the once-splendid Imperial Hotel, he is trying to run a tight kitchen. I was quickly taken over by the community, culture, and vision she presents so forcefully.Gabriel Lightfoot is an enterprising man from a northern England mill town, making good in London.

I was quickly taken over by the community, culture, and vision she presents so forcefully., Amy Hempelauthor of Tumble Home and Reasons to Live Monica Ali's power as a storyteller, her wisdom and compassionate stance, make this remarkable novel a total-immersion experience. Brick Lane may be Ali's first novel, but it is written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime., The Observer(London)Warm, shrewd, startling and hugely readable: the sort of book you race through greedily, dreading the last page., Evening Standard (London) The joy of this book is its marriage of a wonderful writer with a fresh, rich and hidden world.written with love and compassion for every struggling character in its pages.', The Sunday Times (London) A humanely forgiving story about love.Brick Lane may be Ali's first novel, but it is written with a wisdom and skill that few authors attain in a lifetime., 'The Observer' (London) Warm, shrewd, startling and hugely readable: the sort of book you race through greedily, dreading the last page., 'Evening Standard' (London)The joy of this book is its marriage of a wonderful writer with a fresh, rich and hidden world.written with love and compassion for every struggling character in its pages.', Amy Hempelauthor of 'Tumble Home and Reasons to Live'Monica Ali's power as a storyteller, her wisdom and compassionate stance, make this remarkable novel a total-immersion experience. I was quickly taken over by the community, culture, and vision she presents so forcefully., The Observer (London) Warm, shrewd, startling and hugely readable: the sort of book you race through greedily, dreading the last page., The Sunday Times (London) A humanely forgiving story about love. Amy Hempel author of Tumble Home and Reasons to Live Monica Ali's power as a storyteller, her wisdom and compassionate stance, make this remarkable novel a total-immersion experience.

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