The Last Banquet
Set against the backdrop of the Enlightenment, the delectable decadence of Versailles, and the French Revolution, The Last Banquet is an intimate epic that tells the story of one man's quest to know the world through its many and marvelous flavors. Jean-Marie d'Aumout will try anything once, with consequences that are at times mouthwatering and at others fascinatingly macabre (Three Snake Bouillabaisse anyone? Or perhaps some pickled Wolf's Heart?). When he is not obsessively searching for a new taste d'Aumout is a fast friend, a loving husband, a doting father, and an imaginative lover. He befriends Ben Franklin, corresponds with the Marquis…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-60945-231-5
- EAN: 9781609452315
- Produktnummer: 16398960
- Verlag: Europa Ed
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 336 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.2 cm x D2.5 cm 408 g
- Gewicht: 408
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
Jonathan Grimwood was born in Malta and grew up in the Far East, Britain and Scandinavia. He has written for many newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph and The Independent. Writing under the name Jon Courtenay Grimwood, he has won the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel twice, and his work has been published in over fifteen languages. He divides his time between London and Winchester.
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