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IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for Popular Fiction
San Diego Book Award Gold Medal for Best Published Contemporary Fiction
Readers’ Favorite Book Award Silver Medal for Literary Fiction
In his second novel, author Eric Peterson dishes up a riotous spectacle of self-absorbed chefs, backstabbing politicians, and devious publishing magnates, set against a backdrop of haute cuisine, presidential politics, and an endless supply of top-shelf liquor and wine.
Fresh from a public humiliation and in search of his true calling, former college football star Jack Marshall enlists as bartender and steward aboard Horace Button’s vintage private railroad car, the Pioneer Mother, which is transporting the legendary food writer and social critic across the country in opulent style.
Decked out in a white jacket, mixing perfect cocktails, Jack is immersed in a style of living–and dining–he’d assumed was extinct. While striving to appease the eccentric, finicky Horace, and Wanda, the Pioneer Mother’s enigmatic chef, Jack falls under the spell of Giselle Lebeau, a gorgeous celebrity chef whose designs on him test his self-control and his loyalty.
But when tragedy rocks Horace’s insulated white-linen world, Jack must take charge of a simmering stew of quirky yet powerful personalities–all while staying in Wanda’s good graces and keeping an eye on their newest passenger.
A story of service, serendipity, and second chances, The Dining Car is more than a mouthwatering read–it’s a marvelous, exuberant work of fiction.
ASIN : B01NBKE4YB
Publisher : Huckleberry House (December 13, 2016)
Publication date : December 13, 2016
Language : English
File size : 3856 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 356 pages
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