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The Debt to Pleasure
A Novel
Author: John Lanchester
The Debt to Pleasure
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About This Book
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Winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel and a New York Times Notable Book, John Lanchester's The Debt to Pleasure is a wickedly funny ode to food.
Traveling from Portsmouth to the south of France, Tarquin Winot, the book's snobbish narrator, instructs us in his philosophy on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of the menu. Under the guise of completing a cookbook, Winot is in fact on a much more sinister mission that only gradually comes to light.
Imprint Publisher
Picador
ISBN
9780312420369
In The News
“The Debt to Pleasure has no flaws. It is witty, frequently hilarious, and wicked.” —The Boston Globe