Piping Hot (Pot Bouille), Book Ten of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

Covering a two-year period, Zola recounts the lives, intrigues, quarrel and loves of a group of five families all living in what was at the time an entirely new social construct, the apartment building. This marks the midpoint of Zola's immense undertaking, the Rougon-Macquart Cycle. - Summary by Mark LederCopyright Fantasy Genre