With the knowledge that every mouthful may be your last comes a special flavor, an added piquancy, that is hard to resist. Not for nothing is gluttony a deadly sin.
At first there were ten of them. Once the gilded youth of their city, they would meet each month to dine fabulously and celebrate their friendship and singularity. But 20 years on, the world is not as impressed with them as they anticipated. Indignant girlfriends, distrustful wives, bankruptcy, divorce and death have weakened their bond - until Daniel meets Lucidio. In his new friend Daniel thinks he has found the recipe to reinvigorate their meetings. Lucidio is mysteriously taciturn but in the privacy of Daniel's kitchen, his genius recreates their favourite dishes as a gastronomic experience like no other. One helping is never enough. Particularly for a group that have always wanted more ...
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Brazil's blackest satirist's return to novel form from a ten-year sabbatical sold out back home inseconds. A quick flick through the opening tells you why; by then, you're hooked, played by the author's artful angling, gaffed and landed to gasp for more. -- Brian Davis * Time Out *
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978-1-4464-8491-3 (9781446484913)
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Luis Fernando Verissimo is one of Brazil's most popular writers thanks to his satirical columns in the national weekly Veja. He is also a celebrated novelist and cartoonist.
Margaret Jull Costa has translated the work of the Portuguese writers Jose Saramago, Eca de Quieroz, Fernando Pessoa and Lidia Jorge, and a number of the most notable Spanish authors.
