68908X1 First Edition. E. P. Dutton and Co., New York: 1962. 169 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Reading copy. The story of one Dodin-Bouffant, a gentleman dedicated to the arts: the art of eating and the art of loving. He is famous for his taste and for his standards, but his reputation - and French cuisine - almost perish with the death of his genius of a cook. His search for a replacement involves Dodin in a series of conflicts between his culinary qualifications and his amatory ones. The result is, as Lawrence Durrell says, a small masterpiece - and a most amusing one. Translated into English from the French by Claude. $39.45USD
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