{"product_id":"the-debt-to-pleasure-by-john-lanchester-9781035091386","title":"The Debt To Pleasure","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Debt to Pleasure\u003c\/em\u003e by John Lanchester is the winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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, organised 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 1996 Whitbread First Novel Award, John Lanchester's \u003cem\u003eThe Debt to Pleasure\u003c\/em\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\n\u003cp\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47550360322284,"sku":"9781035091386","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035091386-the-debt-to-pleasure.jpg?v=1776802555","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-debt-to-pleasure-by-john-lanchester-9781035091386","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}