The Debt to Pleasure
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The Debt to Pleasure. By: John Lanchester. TARQUIN WINOT. Unreliable narrator Protagonist Centered on love and knowledge for food Shadows honeymooners Snobbish, opinionated, patronizing, fond of himself, sinister. BARTHOLOMEW. “Barry”, Tarquins brother Deceased
The Debt to Pleasure
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The Debt to Pleasure By: John Lanchester
TARQUIN WINOT • Unreliable narrator • Protagonist • Centered on love and knowledge for food • Shadows honeymooners • Snobbish, opinionated, patronizing, fond of himself, sinister
BARTHOLOMEW • “Barry”, Tarquins brother • Deceased • Struggling artist/sculptor
Laura Tavistock • Biographer, “collaborator” • Writing about Bartholomew • “Honeymooner”
SETTING • Journey from Portsmouth • To southern France • To his cottage in Provence
POINT OF VIEW • First person • Stream-of-consciousness
SYMBOLS • Winter • Irish stew • Tomatoes • Spring • Artist/Murderer
THEMES • Every pleasure has it’s sinister side • “The order of food is from the most solid to the most light” (145)