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The Debt to Pleasure
The Debt to Pleasure
Author: John Lanchester
Tarquin (formerly Rodney) Winot, an impeccably correct English Francophile, journeys not just to his cottage in Provence, but through a forest of sensual description as he offers the story of his life through food. Gradually, we begin to realize that Tarquin Winot is not merely the witty voluptuary he seems to be.
ISBN-13: 9780805043884
ISBN-10: 0805043888
Publication Date: 4/1996
Pages: 251
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3.6 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Henry Holt Co
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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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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