{"product_id":"debt-to-pleasure-pb-z","title":"John Lanchester: The Debt To Pleasure [2015] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by John Banville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 1996.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTarquin 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 1996 Whitbread First Novel Award,  John Lanchester's \u003ci\u003eThe Debt to \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePleasure\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanchester, John \u0026 Banville, John","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42043157151929,"sku":"9781447275381","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/lanchester-john-banville-john-john-lanchester-the-debt-to-pleasure-2015-paperback-9781447275381-60250792624467.jpg?v=1733034013","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/debt-to-pleasure-pb-z","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}