The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester
Draws the reader, through descriptions of food and cooking, into a world of murder and art. Narrated by Tarquin, an ironist, epicurean and a snob, this novel is constructed around a series of seasonal menus, which unfold his autobiography.
John Lanchester is the author of several novels, The Debt to Pleasure, Mr Phillips, Fragrant Harbour, Capital, and The Wall. His books have won the Hawthornden Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, and the Premi Llibreter, been longlisted for the Booker Prize and have been translated into twenty-five languages. He is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books and a regular contributor to the New Yorker.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330344555 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330344552 |
| Title | The Debt to Pleasure |
| Author | John Lanchester |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 1997-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Winner of Hawthornden Prize 1997, Winner of Betty Trask Award 1996, Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 1996 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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