EBOOK Epicure's Lament

Hugo Whittierfailed poet and former kept manis 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, Hugo retreats to his once aristocratic family&'s  dilapidated mansion, determined to smoke himself to death without forfeiting any  of his pleasures. To his chagrin, the world that he has forsaken is not quite finished  with him. First, his sanctimonious older brother moves in, closely followed by his  estranged wife, their alleged daughter, and his gay uncle. Infuriated at the violation  of his sanctum, Hugo devises hilariously perverse ploys to send the intruders packing.  Yet the unexpected consequences of his schemes keep forcing him to reconsider, however  fleetingly, the more wholesome ingredients of love, and life itself.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Kate Christensen&'sBlue Plate Special.