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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
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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)