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'Absolutely compelling. Every page fizzes with energy and observation' Rebecca Wait, author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way'A powerful and compelling novel from a very gifted writer' Joseph O'Connor, author of My Father's House'Consummately done. The prose is clean, crisp, perfectly-filleted; the pace and tension perfectly controlled, to the very last page' Lucy Caldwell, author of Intimacies________________
The scorching, engrossing novel about the fallout from a scandal-struck high-end restaurantWhen Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault, she's thrown back to the summer she spent waitressing at his high-end Dublin restaurant - the plush splendour of the dining rooms, the wild parties after service, the sizzling tension of the kitchens. But Hannah also remembers how the attention from Daniel soon morphed from kindness into something darker.
Now the restaurant is shuttered and Daniel is faced with the reality of a courtroom. His wife Julie is hiding from paparazzi lenses behind the bedroom curtains. Surrounded by the wreckage of the past, Daniel, Julie and Hannah are all forced to reconsider what happened at the restaurant. Their three different voices reveal a story of power and complicity, of the lies that we tell and the courage that it takes to face the truth.
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READERS LOVE SERVICE'A proper novel, each thread felt true... It's been an excellent read' *****
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MORE PRAISE FOR SERVICE'Ferocious, minutely accurate, damning' Ross Raisin, author of
God's Own Country'A hugely gripping literary page-turner. Sharp, visceral and shocking' Claire Powell, author of
At the Table'A brilliantly observed, immersive novel which tells the "me too" story from every angle' Amber Medland, author of
Wild Pets'
Service is gripping, fearless and raw' Una Mannion, author of
A Crooked Tree'I raced through
Service. Sarah Gilmartin is a smart, stylish and darkly funny writer' Aingeala Flannery, author of
The Amusements'I gorged every page... compelling and brilliant' Victoria Kennefick
About the author
SARAH GILMARTIN is a critic who reviews fiction for the Irish Times. She is co-editor of the anthology Stinging Fly Stories and has an MFA from University College Dublin. She won Best Playwright at the inaugural Short+Sweet Dublin festival. Her short stories have been published in The Dublin Review, The Tangerine and New Irish Writing. Her story 'The Wife' won the 2020 Máirtín Crawford Award at Belfast Book Festival.
