{"product_id":"9780008695293","title":"The Underdog - Felicity Cloake","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING FOOD WRITER 'IRRESISTIBLY FUNNY, SEXY AND CHARMING' AMY KEY 'A JOY TO READ' RUKMINI IYER 'THE FUNNY SLOW-BURN LOVE STORY YOU NEED TO START SUMMER PROPERLY' RED Sometimes life doesn't follow a recipe. Katy is thirty-six, has recently been dumped by her dull-yet-deceitful fianc� and in a (not-unrelated) moment of madness, abandoned a Solid, Decently Paid Career to pursue her dream of becoming a chef. But, after a year of expensive cookery school and months in Michelin-star kitchens blow-drying edible ferns for free, she finds herself making sandwiches (heritage duck egg and black garlic mayonnaise on sourdough, admittedly, but sandwiches all the same) in a north London caf� and stuck in an ill-advised situationship with a twentysomething who thinks he's his generation's answer to Marco Pierre White. Then, a gorgeous doctor strolls in and orders an espresso. Katy is briefly charmed. until she sees the scruffy mutt at his feet. Katy hates dogs - and Dr Dipesh never goes anywhere without Alan. Can she overlook this major red flag? Will she ever convince her mother she's not having a midlife crisis? And, when a drunken mishap involving a restaurant critic turns Katy's life upside down, will she ever see Dip, Alan or the inside of a kitchen again?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Felicity Cloake","offers":[{"title":"288 pages \/ 07\/05\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57044478198135,"sku":"9780008695293","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9780008695293.jpg?v=1780924657","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9780008695293","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}