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by John Lanchester

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A "New York Times" Notable Book, "The Debt to Pleasure" is a wickedly funny ode to food as the novel's snobbish narrator instructs readers in his philosophy on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of the menu.

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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.

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  • Title The Debt to Pleasure
  • Author John Lanchester
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Picador USA, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2001-12-07
  • ISBN 9780312420369 / 0312420366
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects France, Humorous fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001040954
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

John Lanchester was the deputy editor of the London Review of Books and the restaurant critic for the London Observer. He is the author of The Debt to Pleasure and Mr. Phillips, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker. He lives in London.
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