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Book Review of The Bobby Gold Stories : A Novel

The Bobby Gold Stories : A Novel
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If you like Kitchen Confidential or if you are just curious to see if Bourdain can write - this should be your next read. I was surprised to find I couldn't put the book down.

The blurb from the book: Bobby Gold is a lovable criminal. After nearly ten years in prison, he's no sooner out than he's back to work breaking bones for tough guys. His turf: the club scene and restaurant business. It's not that he enjoys the job-Bobby has real heart-but he's good at it, and a guy has to make a living. Things change when he meets Nikki, the cook at a club most definitely not in his territory. Smitten, he can't stay away. Bobby Gold has known trouble before, but with Nikki the sauté bitch in his life, things take a turn for life or death.

A fast, furious, pitch-perfect story of food, sex, crime, and mayhem, The Bobby Gold Stories is Bourdain at his best