The Bobby Gold stories by Bourdain, Anthony - 2003

New York: Bloomsbury, 2003. 1st ed., first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket. Binding ever so slighlty cocked (negligible, really) and very faintest of edge-wear to jacker lower portions. A lovely copy all in all./fine. Black octavo; black cloth; 165 pages ; 21 cm. A fun read! || Contents: Bobby in color -- Bobby at work -- Bobby the diplomat -- Bobby eats out -- Bobby in love -- Bobby gets jilted -- Bobby gets blue -- Bobby at the beach -- Bobby gets squeezed -- Bobby's not here -- Bobby takes it on the lam -- Bobby gone. || Follows the adventures of Bobby Gold, a charming criminal who is released from prison only to pick up his old habits immediately upon hitting the streets. || Gangsters -- Fiction; Restaurants -- Women cooks.