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In the middle of London’s red-light district, among the theaters and sex shops and pubs, sits a building. It’s a prime piece of real estate, and a young millionaire wants to convert it into luxury condos as soon as she can kick out all the tenants. The problem is, the building in question houses a brothel, and Precious and Tabitha, two of the women who live and work there, are not going to go quietly. By the author of the Booker Prize finalist Elmet, Hot Stew confronts questions about class, gender, and power, all through an entertaining, cinematic story.