Book description
As the financial crisis tightens its grip on Europe, the gilded
world of Zurich's leading restaurant, Chez Huwyler, seems immune to
plunging stock markets and collapsing banks. But behind the scenes,
even the rarefied world of haute cuisine is feeling the bite and so
Maravan - a Tamil dishwasher and undiscovered culinary genius - and
Andrea - a stunningly beautiful waitress - find themselves out of a
job and needing to find another way to survive. After Maravan seduces
Andrea by cooking her a dinner that fuses the aphrodisiac recipes of
his ancestors with the necromancy of molecular gastronomy, Andrea hits
upon a business idea: romantic catering for couples. But even culinary
magic can't ward off recession and when their new company begins to
struggle, they are forced to enter into a much more unsavoury
business, plunging them deep into an underworld where murder and sex
feed otherwise unquenchable thirsts...
Martin Suter was born in Zurich in 1948. His novels have enjoyed
huge international success and have been published in twenty-nine
languages. He is married and, with his family, he spends his time
between Spain and Guatemala.
