# The Epicure's Lament

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- Book: [The Epicure's Lament](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-christensen/the-epicures-lament) ([The Epicure's Lament.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-christensen/the-epicures-lament.md))
- Authors: [Kate Christensen](https://www.bookquiver.com/kate-christensen)
- Publisher: anchor
- ISBN: 978-03-8572-098-4
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2005-01-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Hugo Whittier–failed poet and former kept man–is a wily misanthrope with a taste for whiskey, women, and his own cooking. Afflicted with a rare disease that will be fatal unless he quits smoking,...