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GET LIT (ALL WEEK LONG): Win a copy of Richard Morais' The Hundred-Foot Journey

POSTED: Friday, June 18, 2010, 8:00 PM

Welcome to Book Quarterly Trivia Week! From now till June 23, we'll be inundating you with opportunities to win free copies of books from our Summer BQ. For the first time in BQTW's history, we've got copies of every single book we've reviewed, previewed and shouted out (even in Icepack!). So keep an eye out at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. every day for plenty of chances to win.

Scribner, 256 pp., $23, July 6

Happy weekend, BQTWers! You can't get rid of me that easily — after this final giveaway of the workweek, I'll be back Saturday and Sunday with more exciting trivia contests. Till then, I've got a copy of Richard Morais' foodie novel The Hundred-Foot Journey. According to Gary M. Kramer, the episodic bits can be tedious, but the ultimate rewards make it all worthwhile:

This lighthearted novel by Philadelphia author Richard Morais is simply a delectable treat. We're introduced to Hassan Haji, born in Mumbai, whose first sensation at birth is smell. When he observes that his family's chicken dish tastes dry, he sets himself on an irrefutable course with destiny to become a great chef. Morais fills almost every page of The Hundred-Foot Journey with foodery, from savory trips to Harrod's and French markets to kitchen scenes featuring descriptions of preparations for ptarmigan and Charolais. There is also plenty of vivid imagery in the text — a character's face resembles "an onion bahji"; the sun looks like dripping mango sorbet.

To win a copy of The Hundred-Foot Journey, answer the following trivia question:

Anthony Bourdain calls The Hundred-Foot Journey "the lushest, most high-test food porn" since what?

E-mail me at carolyn.huckabay@citypaper.net for a chance to win, and be sure to put "The Hundred-Foot Journey" in the subject line. Keep an eye on Critical Mass this weekend for more chances to win! [UPDATE, Mon., June 21, 10:08 a.m.]: Congratulations to CritMass reader Shandra, who was the first (of many!) to answer correctly that Anthony Bourdain calls this book the best food porn since Zola.

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