THE BEAR meats THE MENU in this cut-throat thriller – the sharpest novel of 2025 - In New York’s high-end restaurant scene one chef will do anything, and cook anything, to come out on top.- K. Anis Ahmed lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and does a huge amount for creative writing there. He is the Publisher of the Dhaka Tribune, a national daily, co-director of the Dhaka Lit Festival, co-founder of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, and the current president of PEN Bangladesh. He also briefly ran a tea shop in Covent Garden.- HarperCollins acquired World English Rights at auction in this one-of-a-kind book. It has received significant film interest.- This will have a daring, upmarket commercial package that will jump off the table.- Comps: TENDER IS THE FLESH, PB 38k; INSATIABLE, HB 5.3k, PB 13.4k; DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER HB 9.2k. Competition: Society of the Snow; The Gentlemen; The Menu; The Bear; Tender is the Flesh; Insatiable; A certain Hunger; The Silence of the Lambs; Dexter. Mick Herron; Ian Rankin; Frankie Boyle; A. J. Finn; Rachel Yoder; Noah Hawley; Asako Yuzuki; Stephen King; Terry Hayes; Saima Mir; Chris Whitaker; Alice Slater