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Bone in the Throat - by Anthony Bourdain (Paperback)

Bone in the Throat - by  Anthony Bourdain (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>When wannabe chef Tommy Pagano settles for a stint in his cousin's restaurant in Little Italy, he has no idea the place is Mafia-run, and that one of the specialties of the house is chopped gangsters. Back by popular demand, "Bone in the Throat" is chef Anthony Bourdain's acclaimed first novel.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>The acclaimed first novel by the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Kitchen Confidential</i> and host of Parts Unknown on CNN. A wildly funny, irreverent tale of murder, mayhem, and the mob.</b> <p/>When up-and-coming chef Tommy Pagana settles for a less than glamorous stint at his uncle's restaurant in Manhattan's Little Italy, he unwittingly finds himself a partner in big-time crime. And when the mob decides to use the kitchen for a murder, nothing Tommy learned in cooking school has prepared him for what happens next. <p/>With the FBI on one side, and his eccentric wise-guy superiors on the other, Tommy has to struggle to do right by his conscience, and to avoid getting killed in the meantime. <p/>In the vein of <i>Prizzi's Honor, Bone in the Throat</i> is a thrilling Mafia caper laced with entertaining characters and wry humor. This first novel is a must-have for fans of Anthony Bourdain's nonfiction.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Chef and author Anthony Bourdain wrote the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling memoirs <i>Kitchen Confidential</i>, <i> Medium Raw</i>, and<i> A Cook's Tour</i>; the collection <i>The Nasty Bits</i>; the novels <i>Bone in the Throat</i>, <i> The Bobby Gold Stories</i>, and<i>Gone Bamboo</i>; the biography <i>Typhoid Mary</i>; and the cookbooks <i>Appetites </i>and<i> Les Halles Cookbook</i>. <p/>Bourdain was the host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning docuseries <i>Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown</i> on CNN, and prior to that hosted the Emmy Award-winning <i>No Reservations</i> and <i>The Layover</i> on the Travel Channel and <i>The Taste</i> on ABC.</p>

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