Synopses & Reviews
Winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel and a New York Times Notable Book,
The Debt to Pleasure is a wickedly funny ode to food. Traveling from Portsmouth to the south of France, Tarquin Winot, the books snobbish narrator, instructs us in his philosophy on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of the menu. Under the guise of completing a cookbook, Winot is in fact on a much more sinister mission that only gradually comes to light.
Review
“The Debt to Pleasure has no flaws. It is witty, frequently hilarious, and wicked.”—
The Boston Globe
Synopsis
Winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel and a New York Times Notable Book, John Lanchester's The Debt to Pleasure is a wickedly funny ode to food.
Traveling from Portsmouth to the south of France, Tarquin Winot, the book's snobbish narrator, instructs us in his philosophy on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of the menu. Under the guise of completing a cookbook, Winot is in fact on a much more sinister mission that only gradually comes to light.
About the Author
John Lanchesterwas the deputy editor of the
London Review of Books and the restaurant critic for the
London Observer. He is the author of a second novel,
Mr. Phillips, and his work has appeared in
The New Yorker. He lives in London.