{"product_id":"books-the-debt-to-pleasure-by-john-lanchester","title":"The Debt To Pleasure","description":"Winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 1996.  To like something is to want to ingest it and, in that sense, is to submit to the world; to like something is to succumb, in a small but contentful way, to death.  Tarquin Winot – hedonist, food obsessive, ironist and snob – travels a circuitous route from the Hotel Splendide in Portsmouth to his cottage in Provence. Along the way he tells the story of his childhood and beyond through a series of delectable menus, organized by season. But this is no ordinary cookbook, and as we are drawn into Tarquin’s world, a far more sinister mission slowly reveals itself . . .  John Lanchester’s The Debt to Pleasure is a wickedly funny ode to food; an erotic and sensual culinary journey. Its elegant, intelligent and unhinged narrator is nothing less than a work of art himself.  Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53670935986449,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781035091386_3e114fd5-7600-499a-968a-46bc28faca54.jpg?v=1781513780","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-debt-to-pleasure-by-john-lanchester","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}