Bone in the Throat - by Anthony Bourdain (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

The acclaimed first novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential and host of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown on CNN. A wildly funny, irreverent tale of murder, mayhem, and the mob.

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.

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.

In the vein of Prizzi's Honor, Bone in the Throat 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.

Review Quotes

"A prodigiously self-assured first novel... the author's comic vision goes beyond original. It is deliciously depraved." --The New York Times Book Review

"Bourdain was always more than he seemed." --Los Angeles Times

"Bourdain was-is-cool . . . Having a legacy like his is more than most of us could ever hope for." --New York Magazine

About the Author

Anthony Bourdain was the New York Times-bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, which sold over a million copies, Medium Raw, A Cook's Tour and The Nasty Bits, the cookbooks Appetites and Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook, and the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo. His work appeared in the New York Times and The New Yorker. He was the host of the popular television shows No Reservations and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Bourdain died in June 2018.