{"product_id":"debt-to-pleasure","title":"Debt to Pleasure","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1996 Whitbread First Novel Award\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\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 debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Debt to Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e is a wickedly funny ode to food and an erotic, sensual culinary journey. Its elegant, intelligent and unhinged narrator is nothing less than a work of art himself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Debt to Pleasure","offer_id":46058022338757,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-0350-9138-6.jpg?v=1775704816","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/debt-to-pleasure","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}