Chop Chop

Two months behind on his rent, young graduate Monocle swallows his dreams and takes the only job he can find: the lowest-rung chef in a gastropub in Camden. Here he finds himself surrounded by a group of deranged hoodlums (his co-workers) and at the mercy of an ingenious sadist (the head chef, Bob). What follows is a furiously paced, ribald, raucous and unexpectedly touching tale of loyalty and revenge, dark appetites and fading dreams, and a young man finding his way in the world as he is plunged into the fat and the frying pan and everything else besides.

'Raucous and inventive, peopled with technicolour characters and savagely funny, Chop Chop announces Simon Wroe as both an heir to Martin Amis and an oven-fresh talent unto himself.' A. D. Miller, author of Snowdrops 'A complete page-turner.

Reminiscent of Kitchen Confidential but with an entirely fresh voice that is a pleasure to read.' Thomasina Miers, founder of Wahaca 'Furiously funny, fast, surreal. The heat and the profanity feel painfully real;