{"product_id":"9781447275381-the-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\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451497460086,"sku":"9781447275381","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27481595.jpg?v=1760462759","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781447275381-the-debt-to-pleasure","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}