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" In the world where people with money overlap with restaurants and try to work out how to make more money, one of the things they talk about is the desire to find 'the new pizza.' This means a new mass-market product that can be made quickly and eaten both on the premises and as a takeaway. "

John Lanchester

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John Lanchester

Country

People

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Admit

Obsessed

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John Lanchester

Way

Taste

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Sense

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Questions

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