Test Kitchen

'Test Kitchen is phenomenal - a mad, magical, ten-course feast of a novel, gorgeously written, totally original, packed with ideas and invention.Incredibly ambitious too - so many characters, so many stories, all of it choreographed so expertly.I have no idea how Neil Stewart did it, even after reading it twice.It deserves to be a massive success. Three Michelin stars' Paul Murray, author of The Bee Sting'An amazing novel . . . Veering from humorous to horrifying, Test Kitchen shows real insight into the mildly unhinged nature of both high-end restaurants and their diners - with wit, lyricism and a killer turn of phrase' Marina O'Loughlin'Test Kitchen is like A Visit from the Goon Squad meets The Menu and I'm loving it!' Alice Slater, author of Death of a BooksellerIt's Tuesday night at sleek London restaurant Midgard.In the kitchen, knives race through mise en place; the front of house hums with anticipation: the stage is set for chaos. The maître d' is tangled in a conspiracy he can'