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by Monica Ali · Il Saggiatore · tapa blanda · 590 pages
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En 'In the Kitchen', el chef Gabriel 'Gabe' Lightfoot intenta mantener el control de su caótica cocina en un antiguo hotel de lujo en Londres. A pesar de las presiones de un personal multinacional, una administración exigente y planes secretos para abrir su propio restaurante, el trabajo duro parece dar sus frutos. Sin embargo, el descubrimiento del cadáver de un lavaplatos ucraniano en la bodega del hotel altera su vida, ya complicada por un padre enfermo, una novia que quiere casarse y un jefe con negocios ilegales. La aparición de Lena, una bielorrusa misteriosamente ligada a la muerte del lavaplatos, lleva a Gabriel a tomar decisiones que cambiarán su vida y su futuro. Esta novela es una mirada reveladora sobre la existencia contemporánea y confirma el talento de Monica Ali como observadora de los dramas de la vida moderna.

Monica Ali is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English descent. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name. She has also published four other novels. Her fifth novel, Love Marriage, was published by Virago Press in February 2022 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller.