[Eric]

Two evenings ago, I was taken to a pleasant restaurant in London, where it was claimed that Verhaeghen feasted after he's won the Indy prize. I don't think I ever took note of what it was called but it was somewhere on the Old Brompton Road and served Lebanese food. It may have been "Simply Lebanese", but I'm not sure. Anyway, the portions were huge, and the food was pleasantly Middle Eastern.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a closer look at the book itself in the various bookshops I visited, during my brief visit to Blighty, so I still don't know whether it would be as daunting as I imagine.