Beat Until Stiff (Signed)

Johnson, Claire M.

ISBN 10: 1590580400 / ISBN 13: 9781590580400

Edité par Poisoned Pen Press, Signed first edition, 2002

A propos de cet article

Hardcover in dust jacket. 8vo. First printing. SIGNED on title page by the author, whose first book this is. Book's setting is San Francisco's cut-throat restaurant trade. Book and jacket are in fine, as new condition. 203 pp. In protective Mylar.

N° de réf. du vendeur 74420

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Beat Until Stiff (Signed)
• Éditeur: Poisoned Pen Press, Signed first edition
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1590580400
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781590580400
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur

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Synopsis

Book by Johnson Claire

Présentation de l'éditeur

Experienced pastry chef Johnson whips up an insider's look at San Francisco's cut-throat restaurant trade. Cranky Mary Ryan has sunk a lot of time and talent into the in-vogue American Fare, the town's hottest spot, while grieving over her broken marriage. At work very early one morning, she steps on a laundry bag stuffed with the dead body of one of her employees. The investigation soon exposes all the dirty secrets that the food business would like to keep secret: the philandering chefs, the silly whims of the dining public, the hiring of illegal aliens, and the subsistence-living pay scale. Events begin to spiral that, in time, take out the restaurant's celebrity chef and force Mary to use her unique skills to uncover a poisonous scheme... Beat Until Stiff gives a frank view of the cooking/restaurant scene and explores why food has become theater, with all the waiters, the busboys, the chefs, and the dining public on stage, each with their own parts to learn and perform. Dessert is the last word, the amen of a meal. And Mary Ryan always has to have the last word. Hard edged, filled richly with restaurant lore, sharply characterized, this is a debut to savor.