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The Debt to Pleasure
The Debt to Pleasure
Author: John Lanchester
A gorgeous, dark, and sensuous book that is part cookbook, part novel, part eccentric philosophical treatise, reminiscent of perhaps the greatest of all books on food, Jean-Anthelme Brillat Savarin's The Physiology of Taste. Join Tarquin Winot as he embarks on a journey of the senses, regaling us with his wickedly funny, poisonously opiniona...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805051308
ISBN-10: 0805051309
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 272
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  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 13 ratings
Publisher: Owl Books (NY)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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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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