{"product_id":"feast-catherine-kurtz","title":"Feast - Catherine Kurtz","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e'A lush and sensory novel . . .This is a story that lingers' - Emma Pei Yin, author of When Sleeping Women Wake'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 CostanzaIn 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.At Chateau 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 chateau'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...But 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?Feast 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.'A beautiful book, vivid and delicious and alive . . . I loved it' - Alex Hay, author of The Housekeepers'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'A novel to savour, bursting with rich delights' - Laura Wilkinson, author of Redemption Song'Sensuous and richly imagined' - Beth Miller, author of The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright'Where Perfume traced the pursuit of power, Feast examines a life of resistance' - Mark A Radcliffe, author of Three Gifts'Kurtz is the real deal - an absolute original' - Mick Jackson, author of The Underground Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperplay Inverloch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49950457528597,"sku":"9781408749807","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/9303\/9201\/files\/9781408749807_1.jpg?v=1780532992","url":"https:\/\/www.paperplay.com.au\/products\/feast-catherine-kurtz","provider":"Paperplay Inverloch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}