Copyright © 2002 by Anthony Bourdain

First published in Great Britain in 2002 by Canongate Crime, an
imprint of Canongate Books Ltd.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or
reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission
from the publisher except in the case of brief quotations
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Bloomsbury, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010

Published by Bloomsbury, New York and London

Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers

First published in hardcover in the U.S. by Bloomsbury in 2003

This paperback edition published in 2004

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bourdain, Anthony.

[Bobby Gold]

The Bobby Gold Stories / Anthony Bourdain - 1st U.S. ed.

p. cm.

Originally published as Bobby Gold. London: Canongate Crime, 2002.

eISBN: 978-1-59691-722-4

1. Gangsters—Fiction. 2. Restaurants—Fiction. 3. Women cooks—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3551.0838B63 2003

813'.54-dc21

2003041882

13579108642

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