{"product_id":"9780008695293","title":"The Underdog","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Cloake, Felicity \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/05\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008695293,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING FOOD WRITER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'IRRESISTIBLY FUNNY, SEXY AND CHARMING' AMY KEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A JOY TO READ' RUKMINI IYER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'THE FUNNY SLOW-BURN LOVE STORY YOU NEED TO START SUMMER PROPERLY' RED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sometimes life doesn't follow a recipe…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Katy is thirty-six, has recently been dumped by her dull-yet-deceitful fiancé 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 café and stuck in an ill-advised situationship with a twentysomething who thinks he’s his generation's answer to Marco Pierre White.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57226136977781,"sku":"9780008695293","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008695293.jpg?v=1779831067","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.info\/products\/9780008695293","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}