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Item Details
| Title:
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THE DEBT TO PLEASURE
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| By: |
John Lanchester |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0330344552 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780330344555 |
| Publisher: |
PAN MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
7 March, 1997 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Language: |
English, Spanish |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
Snobbish Tarquin Winot sets out on a journey of the senses from the Hotel Splendide in Portsmouth to his cottage in Provence. As he travels, he introduces his life through the medium of four seasonal menus, voicing his opinions on a range of subjects |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Picador |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Hawthornden Prize 1997
Winner of Betty Trask Award 1996
Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Book of the Year 1996 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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