About this title: All is not well at the Dreadnaught Grill, the chef has a drug habit, the owner has been set up by the FBI and sous-chef Tommy is trying to make the perfect seafood chowder. Unfortunately, he owes his mobster uncle, and soon finds himself and a gangster in a compromising position with a meat-slicer.
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Edition: First edition. 7th printing of 1st edition
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781582341026ISBN:1582341028
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Bright & tight. Unmarked & unstickered. Spine uncreased. Minor shelfwear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781841952871ISBN:1841952877
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781582341026ISBN:1582341028
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781847670540ISBN:1847670547
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Description: Good; Collectible. 1995 Villard Books hard cover-1st edition 1st printing-some staining to page edge, inside back cover and inside dust jacket-otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean (now in mylar cover)-Bourdain's 1st book-rare-enjoy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Crime
Date Published: 05/06/2000
ISBN-13:9780862418267ISBN:0862418267
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Crime
Date Published: 23/07/2001
ISBN-13:9781841950969ISBN:1841950963
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Crime
Date Published: 01/05/2002
ISBN-13:9781841952871ISBN:1841952877
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Crime
Date Published: 23/07/2001
ISBN-13:9781841950969ISBN:1841950963
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. very good condition clean pages fast shipping delivery with confirmation number. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date Published: 2000-09-16
ISBN-13:9781582341026ISBN:1582341028
Description: Good. New York: Bloomsbury, 2000. Third printing. Paperback. 290 pp. Good condition. Unmarked, with uncreased spine. Prelim pages are lightly creased near fore edge. Indentation at bottom edge of front cover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781847670540ISBN:1847670547
Description: New. 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. This novel is street smart and contains drugged-up savvy, foul-mouth... read more
"I was very disappointed in this book. I don't know why, because I've never read any Anthony Bourdain, but I've seen his TV shows and I guess I expected more based on that. I realize he's a food person, but the long passages detailing the main character's adventures in food prep were completely unnecessary to the story and served no obvious purpose. I also found the language just too....earthy. Too "Donny Brasco", with an apparent 50 f-word quota per page. Lazy. I found myself skimming most of it, didn't miss much."
"This was suprisingly good. I say surprisingly not because I don't think Anthony Bourdain can't write - far from it - but he briefly mentions the book in Kitchen Confidential and seemed slightly embarrassed by it. No reason to be embarrassed - it was interesting, funny, and very entertaining."
Tried to read this once before, but the author's voice and repetitive cadence kept getting into my head. If anything, that's proof that I need to watch less TV. Also, the way food and kitchens come in to play right off the bat, and the way the food is described in scenes where it's not even important made it hard for me to take this book seriously at first. At much as I like Tony, I kept thinking "Your a chef! I GET it!"
Anyway, today was jury duty and I took this in with me, and before I knew it I was sucked into the world and the characters and once I was released from service, I came home and finished it. New York; kitchens; drugs; mobsters; cops; murders - you get the picture. It's not literature but it's a good story."
"I wish I had known this was a prequel to Gone Bamboo! Slightly more interesting than Bourdain's follow-up only because of the chef character and detailed descriptions of the restaurant happenings."
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