Villard Books / Random House, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 290 Pp. Black Cloth, Red Boards. First Edition Stated. Fine, No Wear Or Bumping, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $20.00, No Wear, Two Shallow Creases At Free Edge Of Rear Flap.

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All is not well at the Dreadnought Grill...the chef has a smack habit, the owner has been set up by the FBI and in the midst of this, the sous-chef Tommy is just trying to do his job. As depraved as it is hilarious, Anthony Bourdain's first novel is street smart and spiced with drugged-up savvy, foul-mouthed feds and salty mob speak. With a cast of unforgettables like the hitman who covers himself in clingfilm to avoid leaving fingerprints and a plot with more twists than a plate of spaghetti, Bone in the Throat rocks through the streets of Manhattan at a blistering pace. The story revolves around a young ambitious chef who takes a job in his cousin’s restaurant in Little Italy and unwittingly gets caught in the midst of mob-antics and the FBI. The novel is gritty- offering an authentic look in the kitchens of NYC chefs, albeit laced with mafia violence. The New York Times Book Review calls Bone in the Throat "A prodigiously self-assured first novel. . . the author's comic vision goes beyond original. It is deliciously depraved." Publishers Weekly praised “the kitchen antics reveal a real love for-and knowledge of-cooking, including a mouth-watering recipe for Portuguese Seafood Chowder, complete with squid, lobster, swordfish and cherrystone clams.”-

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Bookseller: Arroyo Seco Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 052842
Title: Bone in the Throat
Author: Bourdain, Anthony
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 0679435522
ISBN 13: 9780679435525
Publisher: Villard Books / Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1995
Pages: 290
Bookseller catalogs: Rare And Unusual Books; Literature: Mystery and Detection;
X weight: 0 lb

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