Lemon

<b>Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor <p/>[T]his poised and playful debut novel is a sly satire on foodie culture and the modern hype machine. . . . As tart as 'artisanal citrus ' as sharp as a chef's knife <i>The Lemon</i> is both a gleeful foodie sendup and an incisive takedown of the commercial exploitation of just about everything.<br><i>--The New York Times Book Review </i>(Editors' Choice) <p/>Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2022 by <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> - <i>Vogue</i> - <i>AARP the Magazine</i> - <i>The AV Club</i> - <i>Parade</i> - <i>Eater</i> - <i>New York Post</i> - <i>LitHub</i> - <i>Publishers Lunch</i> - and more! <p/>Set in the intersecting worlds of fine dining Hollywood and the media a darkly hilarious and ultimately affecting story about the underside of success and fame and our ongoing complicity in devouring our cultural heroes.</b> <p/>While filming on location in Belfast Northern Ireland John Doe the universally adored host of the culinary travel show <i>Last Call</i> is found dead in a hotel room in an apparent suicide. As the news of his untimely demise breaks stateside a group of friends fixers hustlers and opportunists vie to seize control of the narrative: Doe's chess-master of an agent Nia ready to call in every favor she is owed to preserve his legacy; down-on-her-luck journalist Katie who fabricates a story about Doe to save her job at a failing website; and world-famous chef Paolo Cabrini Doe's closest friend and confidant who finds himself entangled with a deranged Belfast hotel worker whose lurid secret might just take them all down. <p/>Bolstered by the authors' insider knowledge of high-end restaurants and low-end media <i>The Lemon</i> delivers a raucous examination of our culture with deliciously cutting prose crackling dialogue and an unpredictable plot that will keep you riveted to the last page.