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The Debt to Pleasure

(1996)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
Betty Trask Award Best First Novel
Whitbread Prize Best First Novel
Draws the reader, through descriptions of food and cooking, into a world of murder and art. Narrated by Tarquin, an ironist, epicurean and a snob, this novel is constructed around a series of seasonal menus, which unfold his autobiography.


Genre: Literary Fiction

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