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“The Last Banquet is an astonishing, sensual feast...Grimwood is a damned fine writer.”—The Independent “A colorful life, brilliantly imagined . . . Romance and adventure drip off every page.”—The Times (London) “I loved it. The Last Banquet is a feast for the senses.”—Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You “Mr. Grimwood has written a truly exceptional book . . . [The Last Banquet is] simple and complex, instantly comprehensible and infinitely layered. Filthy and beautiful, provocative and sensitive, this is one for the ages.”—Porno Kitsch “Brilliantly evocative . . . A cross between Patrick Süskind and Angela Carter.”—The Irish Times “A sensuous tale of one man’s search for the perfect taste . . . 100% original.”—Sam Baker, Harper’s Bazaar “A world you completely lose yourself in . . . French Gatsby territory!  Opulent, sensuous, sumptuous.”—BBC Radio 2 “The Last Banquet is a tantalizing tale.”—The Bookseller “Wonderfully enjoyable. Grimwood captures the colour, the decadence and tawdry glamour of Versailles perfectly… The sensual quality reminded me at times of Angela Carter. Masterful.”– Carol Birch, author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Jamrach’s MenagerieLike Patrick Süskind's murderous Grenouille in Perfume, [Jean-Marie d'Aumout's] supersensitivity to taste, it is intimated, is to be theme, motive, ornament and philosophical disquisition in a life that spans the turbulent century leading up to the French revolution...There is much to enjoy in this book: it is racily picaresque, energetic and clever. History is deftly and diligently interposed with the details of a life, while Jean-Marie's character is carefully elaborated so as to illustrate the various aspects of a vivid era: pre-revolutionary France, with its philosophers and gourmets and interestingly depraved nobility."—The Guardian“The Last Banquet is an astonishing, sensual feast...Grimwood is a damned fine writer.”—The Independent“A colorful life, brilliantly imagined . . . Romance and adventure drip off every page.”—The Times (London)“I loved it. The Last Banquet is a feast for the senses.”—Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You“Mr. Grimwood has written a truly exceptional book . . . [The Last Banquet is] simple and complex, instantly comprehensible and infinitely layered. Filthy and beautiful, provocative and sensitive, this is one for the ages.”—Porno Kitsch“Brilliantly evocative . . . A cross between Patrick Süskind and Angela Carter.”—The Irish Times“A sensuous tale of one man’s search for the perfect taste . . . 100% original.”—Sam Baker, Harper’s Bazaar“A world you completely lose yourself in . . . French Gatsby territory!  Opulent, sensuous, sumptuous.”—BBC Radio 2“The Last Banquet is a tantalizing tale.”—The Bookseller“Wonderfully enjoyable. Grimwood captures the colour, the decadence and tawdry glamour of Versailles perfectly… The sensual quality reminded me at times of Angela Carter. Masterful.”– Carol Birch, author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Jamrach’s Menagerie