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\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ve been dreaming of hosting a cozy winter dinner party based on a famous meal from literature. What famous feasts are the most completely described? I<\/em>\u2019<\/em>d like to be able to re-create the menu, the atmosphere, and the attire, if possible. <\/em><\/p>\n

There are probably a few people in the world more interested in this question than I\u2014but, I\u2019d reckon, a very few. As long as we\u2019re being frank here, you may as well know that I belong to a literary potluck society in which we do monthly themed dinners. (We have yet to venture into the realm of costume.)<\/p>\n

Laurie Colwin once wrote a whole essay on books containing good food; she singled out the early novels of Iris Murdoch, the Barbara Pym canon, and Anna Karenina<\/a><\/em>. Inasmuch as I own and have used the Barbara Pym Cookbook<\/em><\/a>, I can\u2019t really agree that any of these vivid descriptions would make for very satisfying dinner parties (or, in the case of czarist Russia, a very relaxing one for the cook).<\/p>\n

Here are a few other ideas to get you started: The Master and Margarita<\/a><\/em> (for more manageable Russian cuisine\u2014and think of the costume opportunities!). If you fancy something Dickensian, see any of the gluttonous Joe\u2019s numerous meals in The Pickwick Papers<\/a><\/em>. If you really want to take the guesswork out of it, Heartburn<\/a><\/em> comes complete with recipes. Proust is a no-brainer\u2014if Proust can ever be called a no-brainer. If your interest runs to tea, root out Enid Blyton. And at the end of the day, does any book in the world have better food than Laura Ingalls Wilder\u2019s Farmer Boy<\/a><\/em>?<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t feel like going the fictional route, there is always the food memoir. Nowadays, you\u2019re spoiled for choice. Or (ration-bound Pym aside) consider the subgenre of cookbooks authored by enthusiastic writers: two whose quality is rivaled by their own idiosyncrasies are Roald Dahl’s Cookbook<\/a><\/em> and The Tasha Tudor Cookbook<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Whatever you decide, please drop a line and let me know\u2014the group and I are always looking for ideas.<\/p>\n

What do you think about movie adaptations of books? Are there any instances where you think the film actually improved on a particular story, or do you find that adaptations for the most part don<\/em>\u2019<\/em>t do justice to the original text?<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course there are terrific adaptations. The Godfather<\/a><\/em>, after all, made a thriller into a baroque masterpiece. We could list successful adaptations all day\u2014I hope you will, in comments\u2014but just a few that I like: The 39 Steps<\/a><\/em>, The Dead<\/a><\/em>, Persuasion<\/a><\/em>, The Remains of the Day<\/a><\/em>, High Fidelity<\/a><\/em>, The Leopard<\/a><\/em>, and, most recently, the new Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy<\/a><\/em>, which manages to cover a lot of ground with enviable economy.<\/p>\n

I recently moved into a crumbling three-bedroom in Bushwick, with peeling hand-painted green wallpaper in the cramped and poorly lit stairwell. The front door\u2019s peephole, the tin cover of which unmoors itself at night and clatters to the ground, overlooks a dismal and gloomy green landing, where I can easily envision a seedy groping or muffled strangling taking place. My own room is separated from the living room by an old-fashioned sliding parlor door about the size and weight of a Prius. The bathroom window opens into a murky blue chute, which smells like laundry and cigarettes and exhales a strange warmth. What books should I read here?<\/em><\/p>\n

Reading\u2019s the easy part\u2014sounds like your pad is made for it. What you should watch, and posthaste, is Roman Polanski\u2019s The Tenant<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, maybe you shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I\u2019m tired of reading books about bad behavior. Do you know any books that make virtue look sexy? <\/em><\/p>\n

A tall order in a post\u2013Horatio Alger world (although sexy<\/em> probably isn\u2019t the right word there), but off the top of my head, try Carlene Bauer\u2019s luminous memoir, Not That Kind of Girl<\/a><\/em>. Lorin has intimated that the first volume of Ford Madox Ford\u2019s \u201cParade\u2019s End\u201d trilogy, Some Do Not \u2026<\/a><\/em>, might fit the bill. (Although, again, I\u2019m not sure sexy<\/em> applies.)<\/p>\n

Have a question for the editors of <\/em>The Paris Review? E-mail<\/a> us.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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