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The First Battle

by William Jennings Bryant

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Chicago: Conkey, 1896. First. hardcover. very good/n/a. very good. leather bound 1st

Synopsis

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
Coast to Coast Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
50
Title
The First Battle
Author
William Jennings Bryant
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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n/a
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First
Publisher
Conkey
Place of Publication
Chicago
Date Published
1896

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