CHOP CHOP PB – SIMON WROE

* * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD * * * Outrageously funny and completely original, Chop Chop by Simon Wroe is the story of a hapless young chef in the crazed world of the professional kitchen, featuring lust, revenge, neurosis and haute cuisine. A greasy, hilarious tale of loyalty, revenge and dark appetites. A gripping look behind the kitchen wall Shortlist Two months behind on his rent, young graduate Monocle swallows his dreams and takes the only job he can find: the lowest-rung chef in a gastropub in Camden. Here he finds himself surrounded by a group of deranged hoodlums (his co-workers) and at the mercy of an ingenious sadist (the head chef, Bob). What follows is a furiously-paced, ribald, raucous and unexpectedly touching tale of loyalty and revenge, dark appetites and fading dreams, and a young man finding his way in the world as he is plunged into the fat and the frying pan and everything else besides. Perfectly baked [with] a rich, gooey pool of dark comedy hiding beneath the surface Independent Lively, amusing and alarmingly informative Daily Mail Arch comedy … Dave Eggers channels Anthony Bourdain Kirkus A brutally funny look at the world of professional cooking Gary Shteyngart