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In the vein of Prizzis 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.

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.

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Anthony Bourdain is the author of the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo, in addition to the nonfiction bestsellers Medium Raw, Kitchen Confidential, and A Cook's Tour. His work has appeared in the New York Times and the New Yorker, and he is a contributing authority for Food Arts magazine. He is also the host of the immensely popular television show No Reservations.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio; Unabridged edition (March 15, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Audio CD ‏ : ‎ 1 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1504696336
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1504696333
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.7 x 5.8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,825,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #10,079 in Cozy Culinary Mysteries
- #23,183 in Books on CD
- #93,646 in Suspense Thrillers

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Chef, author, and raconteur Anthony Bourdain is best known for traveling the globe on his TV show Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Somewhat notoriously, he has established himself as a professional gadfly, bête noir, advocate, social critic, and pork enthusiast, recognized for his caustic sense of humor worldwide. He is as unsparing of those things he hates, as he is evangelical about his passions.

Bourdain is the author of the New York Times bestselling Kitchen Confidential and Medium Raw; A Cook’s Tour; the collection The Nasty Bits; the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo; the biography Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical; two graphic novels, Get Jiro! and Get Jiro!: Blood and Sushi and his latest New York Times bestselling cookbook Appetites. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Times of London, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Vanity Fair, Lucky Peach and many other publications. In 2013, Bourdain launched his own publishing line with Ecco, Anthony Bourdain Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. He is the host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning docuseries Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown on CNN, and before that hosted Emmy award-winning No Reservations and The Layover on Travel Channel, and The Taste on ABC.

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RAREBIRD

Hilarious, Raunchy Read

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2021

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Truly enjoyed this book -- good "smash and grab" story telling of typical mob activities in New York City. Being from NYC and Long Island, I can truly identify with what the great Mr. Bourdain wrote. So appreciate that Mr. Bourdain shared his awesome writing talents with us. Looking forward to reading "Gone Bamboo". Sorry I took so long to write this review, but things kept getting in the way of reading books I purchased from Amazon several months ago. Thank you!

6 people found this helpful

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Kenton

Buy the book !

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2021

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First off I Love Tony and I forgot this fiction attempt until recent. Came across it and had to buy it. The story is solid and you have to hand it to the talented Bourdain as he used his kitchen skills into a mob mystery. But ..sorry yes there’s a but , he really did not need to describe who’s talking at the end of each conversational sentence “did he do it ? “Said John. “Yes he did” said Sally. This goes on on every page at almost every line….this I found annoying and maybe the publisher is to blame or maybe it’s just me.
Read the book A great story. I miss you Tony, Thanks for doing this.

4 people found this helpful

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Biggest Fan

The Best of the Bourdain novels

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021

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I love 'em all -- and you should read all of Bourdain's witty, smart, sharp little novels. But this one really has the best of his styling all wrapped up. The atmosphere, the food, the violence, and most of all the humor –– of a culture perched between appreciating the great and glorious sensuality of life, while not appreciating life, itself.

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F****in' Fun

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2018

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This is a fun, albeit violent and raunchy, fast-paced romp of a story. I'm glad I read Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential first because I had already looked up most of the restaurant jargon that fills this book. The only caveat is that easily 1/3 of the word count consists of "f***in' this, f***in' that." I suppose the author was going for authenticity, but I could have done with fewer expletives.

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Gary Gentry

good book

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2021

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I admired Bourdine's tv shows and his books about the restaurant business. Who knew he could write
fiction, too. The book is a real page-turner. It's even better if you were ever professional cook. I'm
halfway through Gone Bamboo, and it's just as good. It took me awhile to snap to the fact that it's a
continuation of Bone in the Throat. I don't believe in the suicide conclusion. I just read a book discussing
that idea- Reflections on the death of Anthony Bourdain by Suicide???- by Normahelena (not a mis-
print.) I think it was a Jeffery Epstein-like suicide.

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2013

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Bone in the Throat -by Anthony Bourdain

Mystery
372 KB / 304 pages
Footnotes/Endnotes: No
Illustrations: No
Suitable for eReaders: Yes
4 Stars

Murder mysteries are not my usual genre when I reach for fiction; however, I'd just finished reading Kitchen Confidential and enjoyed it, so added Bone in the Throat to my Kindle. While it's not the story I would have given to my Sunday School Teacher as a child, it is a story I'd have shared with my Drill Instructor.

This is his first novel and I think he did a pretty good job. It's set in a mobbed up restaurant in New York City. The language is a tad rough for the genteel set, but perfect for the story. I gave it 4 stars more for the publisher than the author. When it was translated from paper to electrons, a lot of formatting was lost, quotation marks dropped, the symbol for the British Pound found it's way into the story as a double, lower case 'l', nothing serious, but enough times (once is too much) to be irritating and cost points - for the publisher, not the author!

If you are a lover of metaphor, don't bother with this one. Bourdain tells the story straight out, with no creative flowery stuff. When he talks about the sex, it's straight out about the sex. When he talks about the murder it's well described in a few words, not drug out for paragraphs and pages. If the 'F' word offends thee, don't read this. But, do get a life.

Tommy is the sous-chef at the Dreadnought Restaurant. His dad disappeared when he was a kid (assumed mob hit) and his uncle, a wannabee Wise Guy, takes him under his wing and helps his sister, Tommy's mother, raise him. Tommy wants nothing to do with the mob or his uncle, he wants to be a chef, and avoids his uncle as much as possible. But Uncle Sal is, after all, family. And then Uncle Sal needs Tommy to do a favor for him, payback for the help, a simple favor that won't get him in trouble or cause him grief. Yeah. Right.

Tommy and his drugged out boss, the Chef, are now caught in the midst of an FBI operation, drug rehab and threats, Mob mentality, and, well, for a fun read, pick up the book. As stated above, this book does not fall into my usual fiction genre, and until I finished the last chapter, I wasn't sure I'd pick up another Bourdain novel, but I will.

Oh, and if you don't recognize at least one of the Mob Guys, you need to read or watch more news!

3 Feb 13
Addendum: I received a new Kindle Fire, and all of the formatting issues mentioned above are gone. I rated it 4 stars because of the formatting issues, and now change it to 5 stars. BUT, if you read on an older Kindle, you may encounter the same issues.

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So good. Didn't expect such quality fiction

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2018

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Enjoyed the book so much. Mob characters had the ring of truth, restaurant and most all of it's cast of characters clearly true to life. Story wove Anthony Bourdains experience in the restaurant biz very well into the story, tongue in cheek, surprising what happens when organized crime and other nebulous character get involved. I don't understand why Anthony Bourdain expressed a feeling of being a fiction writer. I thought the book was great. RIP Anthony Bourdain.

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nevillek

Great fun, especially for food lovers and those who work(ed) in restaurants.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2016

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I'm a big fan of Anthony Bourdain, and this novel is a lot of fun. The main character - an Italian American souschef whose family has links to the Mafia - is likable, and the supporting cast is believable. The story runs along nicely, and Bourdain explains in passing how the restaurant business really works. It's a little dated - written in the 1990s - but a good read nonetheless.

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Kirsty gibson

Great holiday red

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2019

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Entertaining, believable story with a realistic picture of the life of a chef and addict. Food takes the starring role.

Davethedog

Another great read from the master chef.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2014

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Another great book by Bourdain but lost a star because he went off at a tangent and did 1 and half pages of some recipe half way through the book for no apparent reason!! Strange. It's pretty dark and not quite as humorous as the cover reviews suggest.

Otherwise a really good read and highly recommended.

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Leo Fitzsimon

Excellent story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2021

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It's Bourdain, what more need I say??

Jooles

What a great read!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2019

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