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Aftertaste
Feast upon this year's most delicious debut novel: 'A fun romp through New York's food scene' Sunday Times
Aftertaste
Feast upon this year's most delicious debut novel: 'A fun romp through New York's food scene' Sunday Times
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'Part ghost story, part gastro romance ... and lashings of bittersweet humour' Mail on Sunday
'A fun romp through New York's restaurant scene and the world of the undead' The Sunday Times
'[The] answer to last year's cult hit Butter' The Bookseller
A food story to binge. A ghost story to devour. A love story to savour.
When dead-end dishwasher Kostya discovers the ability to summon spirits through the food he cooks, he embarks on a journey to open a New York City restaurant that serves closure – something he's craved for as long as he can remember.
There are just three problems:
1. Kostya has some ghosts of his own.
2. His advancing menu of spirit cuisine is threatening the stability of the Afterlife itself.
3. He's falling in love with Maura, a party psychic with her own secret connection to the Afterlife – who also happens to be the one person who knows he must be stopped.
A bittersweet cocktail of humour and heart, Aftertaste is an imaginative odyssey through food and love, life and death: the things that sustain us, connect us, transport us, and remind us who we are.
'Practically exploding with love, life and flavour' LOUISE KENNEDY
'Bitingly inventive, written with humour and heart' ELIZABETH DAY
'A hauntingly evocative journey through the realms of pain, pleasure and the power of food' NIGELLA LAWSON
Product details
Published | 22 May 2025 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 400 |
ISBN | 9781526683946 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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An amalgamation of hypermodern satire, slushy romance and savvy cultural allusion that is as vigorously brought together as its lead character's recipes … Lavelle excels in conjuring the scenes behind the swinging doors … Aftertaste pulls together familiar elements of romance and the supernatural, adding a dash of Anthony Bourdain-style bullishness and a pinch of Davelle's own authorial smarts. I'll bet there's a run on fleur de sel right after publication day
Guardian
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An imaginative blend of ghost story, culinary fiction and romance served with a generous helping of magical realism … Many will find this ghostly, gastronomic romp hard to resist
Observer
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I savoured every minute reading this epic story about life, death, love and loss ... Original and addictive
Daily Mail
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There's Stephen King in this novel's ancestry, in style as well as scares ... Lavelle's writing pounds with bada-boom dialogue and the kind of adrenaline found in an over-heated kitchen during service ... Lavelle evokes Bret Easton Ellis in American Psycho ... Macho chefs and hidden speakeasies abound; the East Village is still cool, and Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential very much alive
Irish Times
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Aftertaste is a gourmet delight; it's highly original and hugely evocative, it definitely tugs at the heartstrings
Irish Examiner
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A heart-warming read – a fascinating mix of food, romance and the supernatural
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