An intimate soiree builds to a horrific climax in this visceral novel about a young woman tasked with hosting a meal for her fiance An intimate soiree builds to a horrific climax in this visceral novel about a young woman tasked with hosting a meal for her fiance L iterature loves a dinner party. From Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to more recent offerings such as Sarah Gilmartin’s The Dinner Party and Teresa Präauer’s Cooking in the Wrong Century , an intimate soiree provides the perfect recipe