‘Sweetbitter’ Comes to TV

October 8, 2017 | 1 book mentioned

Stephanie Danler’s best-selling, semi-autobiographical novel, Sweetbitter, has been given the green light by Starz network for a six-episode series. “As she learns the ropes of restaurant work, [Tess] falls for bad-boy bartender Jake, and makes her first forays into wine, drugs, lust, betrayal and adulthood,” writes the Los Angeles Times.  Pair with Jason Arthur‘s essay on novels about work.

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