{"product_id":"9781035091386-debt-to-pleasure","title":"The Debt To Pleasure","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 1996.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 1996.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003eJohn Lanchester’s \u003ci\u003eThe Debt to Pleasure\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55893360836982,"sku":"9781035091386","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40133543.jpg?v=1772442568","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035091386-debt-to-pleasure","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}