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1. A MENU FOR ALL SEASONS: JOHN LANCHESTER'S THE DEBT TO PLEASURE AND THE NEW EUROPEAN NOVEL.

Author

Durham, Carolyn A.

Subjects
*COOKING, *FICTION, *CRITICISM
Abstract

Examines the 1996 book "The Debt to Pleasure," by John Lanchester, which describes it as a cookbook and an unconventional novel. Discussion of the structural complexity and generic uncertainty of the book; Comparison between the book and a contemporary cooking show; Analysis of the narrative technique employed in the book.

Published
2003
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2. Consuming Surfaces: Decadent Aesthetics in The Debt to Pleasure.

Author

King, Frederick D. and Lee, Alison

Subjects
*COOKBOOKS, *DECADENCE (Aesthetics), *POSTMODERNISM (Literature)
Abstract

John Lanchester's darkly funny The Debt to Pleasure (1996) mixes genres such as the cookbook, the travelogue, and the detective story. Its Decadent narrator, Tarquin Winot, is a gourmet, an aesthete, and a murderer. As narrator, Tarquin is keen to provide the reader a glittering surface but to deny access to his story's hidden meanings. A critical approach to the novel through theories of artifice drawn from nineteenth-century Decadence challenges recent theories of surface reading, and argues that the text's surface, its literary style, is not transparent, but an aesthetic means that makes more visible the artifice of fiction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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3. Book reviews: Fiction.

Author

Mazmanian, Adam

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the novel `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester,

Published
1996

4. Other people's wives.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
JOHN'S Wife (Book), DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `John's Wife,' by Robert Coover and `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lancaster.

Published
1996

5. Book reviews: Fiction.

Author

Hoffert, Barbara and Annichiarico, Mark

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester.

Published
1995

6. An Englishman In Hong Kong.

Author

Steinberg, Sybil

Subjects
LANCHESTER, John, DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Interviews John Lanchester, author of 'A Debt to Pleasure.' Awards won by the book; Family background; Description of Mr. Phillips, a character in the book; History of his writing career; Relations with his agent.

Published
2002

8. How Holt heated up a first novel.

Author

Crichton, Jean

Subjects
*BOOK promotions
Abstract

Reflects on the $100,000 marketing campaign developed by Henry Holt for the book `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester. Where the book has been sold; Details on the book; The group marketing effort under marketing director Lottchen Shivers; Strategies including getting as many independent booksellers to read the book as early as possible; Generating enthusiasm among sales reps.

Published
1996

9. Deadly doings.

Author

Nathan, Paul

Subjects
*BOOK clubs (Discussion groups), *BOOKS
Abstract

Reports on the deal closed by the Book-of-the-Month and Quality Paperback Book Clubs for John Lancaster's `The Debt to Pleasure.'

Published
1995

10. Tasty combination.

Subjects
*BOOKS
Abstract

Reports on the option awarded to Marion Wood for the novel `A Debt To Pleasure,' by London, England periodical `Observer' food columnist John Lanchester.

Published
1995

11. The Debt to Pleasure.

Author

Harris, Jane

Subjects
*PROSE literature, *FICTION
Abstract

The article presents a review of the book "The Debt to Pleasure" by John Lanchester.

Published
2012

12. Movable feasts.

Author

Prial, Frank J.

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the novel `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester.

Published
1996

13. Only joking.

Author

Mars-Jones, Adam

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester.

Published
1996

14. Books of the year.

Author

Bedell, Geraldine

Subjects
FUGITIVE Pieces (Book), DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book), NIGHT Train (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `Fugitive Pieces,' by Anne Michael, `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester and `Night Train,' by Martin Amis.

Published
1997

15. The Debt to Pleasure.

Author

Lambert, Pam

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester.

Published
1996

16. Upfront: Advance reviews.

Author

Hooper, Brad

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester.

Published
1996

18. Forecasts: Fiction.

Author

Steinberg, Sybil S.

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester.

Published
1996

19. First novels.

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lanchester.

Published
1996

20. Dishes to die for.

Author

Jakeman, Jane

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lancaster.

Published
1996

21. Suddenly last supper.

Author

Lasdun, James

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Debt of Pleasure,' by John Lanchester.

Published
1996

22. Book tour.

Subjects
TRAVEL
Abstract

Reviews a number of books relating to travel. `The song of the Dodo;' `California Fault;' `Mexican Notebooks;' `The Debt of Pleasure;' Other book reviewed.

Published
1996

23. Peach or poison?

Author

Kaufman, Pamela and Forrestall, Monica F.

Subjects
DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lancaster.

Published
1996

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