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Book Reviews of The Debt to Pleasure

The Debt to Pleasure
The Debt to Pleasure
Author: John Lanchester
ISBN-13: 9780805051308
ISBN-10: 0805051309
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 272
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Owl Books (NY)
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1
Lots of people loved this book, as was evident by the sparkling praise from numerous literary critics. The imagery was gorgeous and the description of food mouthwatering, but personally, I thought the narrator a bit too snarky for my palate.
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If Nabokov's Humbert Humbert had shown as much appetite for culinary adventures as he did for a certain nymphet, this is the book he might have written instead of Lolita.
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Not really a mystery or a thriller. Just a weird work of fiction. Strange and surprising.