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Ten slices from the life of Bobby Gold: by night, the security chief of a mobbed-up New York City nightclub, by day, a reluctant bonebreaker and enforcer for Eddie Fish—his old college roommate, and best friend.
Emerging from the 'gladiator school' environment of an upstate prison with an imposing physique and a reputation for skilled brutality, Bobby's a lonely, guilt-ridden child inside a hulking body. He views the grim work of coercion, assault, and even murder as jobs to be done with a craftsman's work ethic and with a minimum of force.
However, the technician's pride in a job done well is failing him, his friend and protector Eddie is getting flakier and flakier, and worst of all, he's falling in love with Nicole, a reckless and self-destructive female line-cook who's been around the block a few times.
Following on from his two superb novels, Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo, Anthony Bourdain has produced another stunning book of crime fiction in Bobby Gold.
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ISBN: 9781786895172
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 August 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Books
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 7.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 92g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Anthony Bourdain was a world-renowned chef, author and raconteur, travelling the world for his Emmy Award-winning series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He was the bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential. His fiction titles include Bone in the Throat, Gone Bamboo and Bobby Gold. He died on 8 June 2018.
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