{"product_id":"feast","title":"Feast","description":"'A lush and sensory novel . . .This is a story that lingers' - Emma Pei Yin, author of When Sleeping Women Wake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Feast held me in its thrall from the first page and never let go . . . an immersive, enthralling, extraordinary piece of historical fiction' - Rachel Blackmore, author of Costanza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the soot-streaked alleys of 19th-century London, Minha is a girl unlike any other - born with an extraordinary gift: an overwhelming, all-consuming sense of taste. Desperate to escape a life of poverty, she crosses the sea to France, chasing the shimmer of a better future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Château de Bellefalaise, a grand estate with fairytale turrets perched above a sleepy village, Minha's talent is discovered when she detects poison in a dish about to be served to the château's master, Duc Nicolas. For the first time in her life, her strange ability becomes her salvation - and her curse. Appointed the Duc's personal poison-taster, she is confined to her tasting room and forced to live in the chateau's shadows. With each dish, she enters a world of glittering porcelain and gilded secrets, where danger simmers beneath every course...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when she loses her miraculous gift and suspicion coils through the corridors, Minha must confront a terrifying truth: without her gift, who is she - and what remains of the life she's fought so hard to build?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeast is a sumptuous historical novel brimming with intrigue and sensory wonder - a dark fairytale for readers who love Jessie Burton, Elizabeth Macneal and Bridget Collins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful book, vivid and delicious and alive . . . I loved it' - Alex Hay, author of The Housekeepers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Feast is a tasty read, a fantastic novel filled with glorious detail and deliciously vivid story-telling . . . I highly recommend it' - Salena Godden, author of Mrs Death Misses Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A novel to savour, bursting with rich delights' - Laura Wilkinson, author of Redemption Song\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sensuous and richly imagined' - Beth Miller, author of The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Where Perfume traced the pursuit of power, Feast examines a life of resistance' - Mark A Radcliffe, author of Three Gifts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kurtz is the real deal - an absolute original' - Mick Jackson, author of The Underground Man","brand":"Quercus Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57609361064262,"sku":"9781408749807","price":18.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/3081\/3510\/files\/b1340c9a16f662aa3a5085b4611084a8811f6ce374d633f57ae8a3e2389e3343.jpg?v=1792157097","url":"https:\/\/www.averdo.com\/en\/products\/feast","provider":"Averdo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}