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Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor

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

While filming on location in Belfast Northern Ireland John Doe the universally adored host of the culinary travel show Last Call 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 Does chessmaster of an agent Nia ready to call in every favor she is owed to preserve his legacy downonherluck journalist Katie who fabricates a story about Doe to save her job at a failing website and worldfamous chef Paolo Cabrini Does closest friend and confidant who finds himself entangled with a deranged Belfast hotel worker whose lurid secret might just take them all down

Bolstered by the authors insider knowledge of highend restaurants and lowend media The Lemon 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