The Debt To Pleasure
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Tight and intact. No stickers or labels visible.
The Debt to Pleasure is a darkly comic novel narrated by the magnificently pompous and unreliable Tarquin Winot, a self-proclaimed aesthete and gourmet who guides the reader through a series of seasonal menus and culinary meditations. Beneath the witty, erudite surface of his ramblings about food, art, and culture, Lanchester masterfully uncovers a deeply sinister personality whose confessions grow increasingly disturbing as the narrative unfolds. The novel chronicles a road trip through France, weaving together recipes, memories, and a gradually revealed history of violence in a structure that is as clever as it is unsettling. Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Betty Trask Prize, it stands as a landmark debut — a literary thriller that uses gastronomy as a vehicle for one of fiction's most chilling and sophisticated unreliable narrators.
Author: John Lanchester
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Tight and intact. No stickers or labels visible.
The Debt to Pleasure is a darkly comic novel narrated by the magnificently pompous and unreliable Tarquin Winot, a self-proclaimed aesthete and gourmet who guides the reader through a series of seasonal menus and culinary meditations. Beneath the witty, erudite surface of his ramblings about food, art, and culture, Lanchester masterfully uncovers a deeply sinister personality whose confessions grow increasingly disturbing as the narrative unfolds. The novel chronicles a road trip through France, weaving together recipes, memories, and a gradually revealed history of violence in a structure that is as clever as it is unsettling. Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award and the Betty Trask Prize, it stands as a landmark debut — a literary thriller that uses gastronomy as a vehicle for one of fiction's most chilling and sophisticated unreliable narrators.