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The Debt to Pleasure
The Debt to Pleasure
Author: John Lanchester
Winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel and a New York Times Notable Book, 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 m...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312420369
ISBN-10: 0312420366
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 272
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  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 1
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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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