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Muriel Barbery is the author of four previous novels, including the IMPAC-shortlisted multimillion-copy bestseller The Elegance of the Hedgehog. She has lived in Kyoto, Amsterdam and Paris and now lives in the French countryside.An exquisite French black comedy
The Times
A foodie's delight; just don't read it when you're hungry
Daily Mail
The exquisite descriptions of eating are like nothing you've read before
Good Housekeeping
Barbery's novel explores the food critic's quest through his upper bourgeoise Parisian eyes and via those with the less savory perspectives of him, in some seriously delectable prose
Electric Literature
Barbery has a knack for describing food, and for evoking the physical and emotional sensations it produces
Financial Times
An ode to the pleasure of good food . . . mouthwatering from beginning to end
Paris Match
A series of witty reflections on the life and career of famous, unlovable French food critic Pierre Arthen . . . lush and satisfying
Publisher's Weekly
Seductive
New Yorker