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Bone In The Throat (2000)

Bone in the Throat (2000)

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1582341028 (ISBN13: 9781582341026)
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http://lapauselibrairie.wordpress.com...L’histoire se déroule à New-York avec pour personnages principaux des ritals pur jus. Tommy Pagano est un sous-chef passionné qui a malheureusement un oncle, Sally, très envahissant de part sa nature de mafioso. Jeune, Tommy a décidé de ne pas tomber comme sa famille dans les règlements de comptes de clans. Pour cela, il a misé sur sa passion : la cuisine. Néanmoins Sally fait tout pour le maintenir dans le milieu. Sally est un mafieux de pacotille, qui n’est pas apprécié par ses chefs, recherché par le FBI et la risée de tout le milieu parce qu’il porte un postiche d’où son surnom : "Sally la Moumoute". Comme le dit le résumé, on arrive dans un bordel entre Tommy qui veut s’émanciper, Sally qui veut faire la loi, le FBI aux trousses, un chef héroïnomane, un patron ancien dentiste… Vous voyez le décor.C’est une ambiance à la ritale : la mafia à l’italienne : la "famiglia" où la famille prime avant tout. Soit disant. C’est une caricature du Parrain et les personnages se comparent à lui. Ils évoluent dans un environnement où règnent le sexe, la drogue, l’argent, l’alcool et les règlements de compte. Le langage retranscrit bien tout ça : un langage de camionneur, des expressions crues, salaces, vides et vulgaires."Je te dis que c’est une tante. Tout le monde le sait, tous les parrains."La cuisine est mise en valeur par de nombreuses descriptions d’élaborations de plats. Certains points techniques peuvent embêter les lecteurs non confirmés, mais encore je trouve que ce n’est pas trop poussé. Personnellement , j’ai trouvé ces descriptions trop longues.De toutes façons j’ai trouvé les 250 premières pages trop longues et inintéressantes… Le début est lourd à lire. Heureusement la suite a remonté le niveau.Ils distribuèrent équitablement les divers quartiers du mortJ’ai davantage apprécié la suite de l’histoire qui met en évidence la relation entre Michael (le chef qui ruine l’entreprise pour se payer sa dose) et Tommy ainsi que celle entre celui-ci et Cheryl. La narration est plus profonde, moins vide et sans fond. Je me suis davantage attachée à ces trois personnages et me suis sentie plus concernée par leurs soucis. De même pour l’agent Al qui me paraissait méchant au début et qui finalement m’a agréablement surprise. Pourtant, je ne pense pas que cette partie aurait dû être au début car me méfier de Al et des intentions de Tommy et Michael, c’était nécessaire pour ressentir la construction des relations de confiance entre ces personnages. C’était plus appréciable.Néanmoins, la fin n’est pas crédible. Je ne fais pas partie du milieu de la mafia mais elle me paraît trop irréalisable dans la vraie vie même si au fond de moi je me dis que dans une extrême nécessité ça serait possible… Ce qui est sûr c’est que j’ai apprécié ce petit coup de pouce de la vie à Tommy. D’ailleurs, je vois bien une suite à ce livre.Globalement l’histoire était plutôt pas mal, bien construite en séparant bien par chapitre la situation de chaque personnages. Voici un récapitulatif des points positifs et négatifs :Points + :J’ai appris des mots donc j’aime beaucoup quand ça se passe comme ça. (sarrau = blouse de travail courte, albuplast = adhésif utilisé pour les pansements, éphéméride = calendrier auquel on retire chaque jour une feuille, occiput = partie au dessus de la nuque, séant = postérieur, coaxial = fil torsadé de télévision; le mot "moser" j’ignore encore ce que ça signifie… ?)la découverte du vrai fond des personnagesje le redis : histoire bien construite, fluideles touches d’humourPoints – :pas vraiment un policier, aucune intrigueesprit de la mafia qui ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (avec ce qui va avec : sexe, drogue, relations complexes, meurtres, individus stupides etc…)un début très long de part ce contexte très lourdEn somme, une lecture sympathique mais sans plus. Une grande déception tout de même… mais je remercie encore les éditions Folio et Livraddict pour cette lecture !

I'm a huge fan of Anthony Bourdain. Having watched him compose beautiful stories through food and culture on his television shows, I knew he wouldn't disappoint me as a writer of fiction. His book "Bone in the Throat" was not as elegant and interesting as I had assumed it would be, but knowing Bourdain's taste for foul language and getting at the heart of a story helped me sink my teeth into this book. The story involves a group of mafia-types, police, and restaurant junkies who are playing a game of merry-go-round to see which side wins. I found myself not caring too much for any of the characters, but I think that's the point. You're not supposed to fall in love with these people. They're realistic in that they have good and bad qualities. They're flawed. I ended up rooting for a couple of characters who got mixed up in all that was going on and hoping they'd come out on top. They didn't come out unscathed in an ending that wasn't quite what I expected. I own more of Mr. Bourdain's books that I look forward to reading in the near future.

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I knew going into this book that Tony Bourdain was a pretty good writer, having already digested Kitchen Confidential and Nasty Bits.The most amazing thing about this book was the level with which I found myself really caring about the characters. In particular, the chef Michael and his sous chef Tommy. Watching Michael wrestle with his heroin addiction and his desire to turn his life around was very moving. I am sure this was partly biographical, as Bourdain himself suffered from the same issues earlier in his life.Tommy had his own problems, centering around his uncle Sally a two-bit mobster who was shaking down Tommy's restaurant. Questions of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, being used and manipulated, of being the fall guy in a situation your never wanted to be in...you sense he's in a tough place and you are really rooting for him to pull out.Also impressive was Bourdain's command of lingo and speech. To go a step further, his understanding of timing and rhythm is exceptional.There is a scene wherein Tommy, in a moment of weakness, has sex with a waitress while his girlfriend is out of town. She returns and they have a fight about it. She punches Tommy in the face. He tells her to calm down and not to be upset. Her response? "I'm not upset, I'm mad."That's a subtle thing, but very true. There are a lot of subtle yet true things in this story. In the restaurant, there is a conversation regarding the poor tips given by Canadians. I was instantly reminded of a joke told to me many years ago by the manager of the restaurant I was a waiter at: "What's the difference between Canadians and canoes? ... One tips and the other don't."That's real life and that's what makes Bourdain's storytelling such an enthralling experience.
—David

Book Review: Bone in the Throat@ai-books like Anthony Bourdain as a chef and I like his TV shows. I got this book because I was curious to know how Bourdain would write a fiction. Besides, I always love a culinary/food related mystery/crime/thriller books. However, I’m sorry to say that I was greatly disappointed with this book. The pace is slow, the dialogue is poor and boring and the characters are poorly constructed. I had a hard time keeping track of what’s going on and who the characters are. There was nothing special about the characters. It’s like they didn’t have their own personality. I was annoyed to see that almost everyone in this book used foul languages. There are too much unnecessary details and parts where I deemed that it would be better if it wasn’t there. I’m sorry Bourdain. I don’t think that I’m going to read another fiction from you :(
—Nash Nordin

A dir la verità, mi aspettavo di più. Mi sono piaciuti i personaggi, lo chef è meraviglioso, e il modo di rappresentare i rapporti in cucina è straordinario, ma non ci si poteva aspettare di meno da un autore lui stesso cuoco. Non mi ha dato fastidio la parlata gergale e volgare dei mafiosi nè le descrizioni accurate delle preparazioni dei piatti, anche se il mio livello di inglese non mi fa apprezzare pienamente le sue finezze, ma il senso l'incompiutezza di questo romanzo. La fine è buttata lì, come se non si sapesse tirare le fila della storia. Questo mi dispiace molto, perché è davvero divertente e coinvolgente e avrei desiderato sapere di più sulla fine di altri personaggi.
—Martina

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