The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester is a dark and sensuous book that combines elements of a memoir, cookbook, thriller, and philosophical treatise. The narrator, Tarquin Winot, is a self-important gourmand who takes the reader on a journey through his musings on food, recipes, and his own life story. As the narrative unfolds through seasonal menus, the reader is drawn into a world of murder, art, and culinary delights, all narrated by a character who is both witty and sinister.
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Content warnings include themes of death, murder, and family dysfunction, which may be upsetting to some readers.
From The Publisher:
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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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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