Book description
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.
