A delicious debut novel about a foodie shaking herself free, Piglet by Lottie Hazell has precise - and mouth watering - food descriptions accompanying a story of falling out of love set with the sound of class and priviledge in the background.
Piglet, the foodie-obsessed character of the book is about to get married with his boyfriend Kit. She, an editor of cookbooks, commuting from London to Oxford where he moved with his priviledged husband-to-be. Her family is delighted, his not too much. Their decision is to go onwards with their plans. But shortly before the wedding, Kit confesses having cheated on her. Would she rather give up her newly acquired priviledge plus the social status of a wife for such an accident?
Although I usually like stories with a more expansive plot, I loved Piglet - the book and the character. She is genuine, a foodie, and her foodie endeavours are extensively detailed, in a very inspired way, and her late awakening to self awareness may not be radical, but definitively much awaited.
The dialogues do balance the extensive foodie descriptions and do convene the social disparities, especially when the both pairs of parents are talking and interacting. Both Piglet and Kit though, they are the result of their own indistinguishable, as for now, class natural selection. This may come with time, though.
Piglet is a debut novel announcing even better literary endeavours. For me, it is the favorite debut of the year so far and the occasion to add another author to my watch list.
Rating: 3 stars
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