{"product_id":"the-debt-to-pleasure-by-john-lanchester","title":"The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by John Banville\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Winner 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\u003e 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Winner 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\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781447275381\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43016141209663,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/7663443482703.jpg?v=1773745171","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/the-debt-to-pleasure-by-john-lanchester","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}