The Epicure's lament
a novel
Recluses
Suicidal behavior
Smoking
Rich people
Domestic fiction
Cookery
Fiction, psychological
Patients
Cooking
Fiction
For ten years, Hugo Whittier, upper-class scion, former gigolo, failed belle-lettrist has been living a hermit's existence at Waverly, his family's crumbling mansion overlooking the Hudson. He passes the time reading Montaigne and M.F.K. Fisher, cooking himself delicious meals, smoking an endless n…
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