Typhoid Mary
An Urban Historical
$38.48
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2024
Summary
The riveting true crime tale from beloved chef and bestselling author Anthony Bourdain, originally published in 2001, centering deadly cook Mary Mallon—otherwise known as the infamous Typhoid Mary.
By the turn of the twentieth century, it seemed that New York had put an end to the outbreaks of typhoid fever that had ravaged the city. That is, until 1904, when the disease broke out in a household on Long Island. Authorities suspected the family cook, Mary Mallon, of in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781639734696 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1639734694 |
| Author: | Anthony Bourdain |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 132mm x 180mm |
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Critics Review
”[An] entertaining trifle of a book … with the rude gusto and barbed wit that made “Kitchen Confidential” such a full-bodied pleasure.” –Adam Shatz, New York Times Book Review
“Bourdain’s prose is utterly riveting.” –New York Magazine
“A juicy drama … Bourdain creates a varied historical portrait of Mallon’s time.” –Seattle Times
“On page after page, Bourdain offers nothing but compassion … He was determined to tell the familiar Typhoid Mary story from the point of view of a cook, a profession they had in common.” –Washington Post
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain, the renowned chef, author, and raconteur, is best known for having traveled the globe on his TV show Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He established himself as a professional gadfly, bête noir, advocate, social critic, and pork enthusiast worldwide. Bourdain authored the New York Times bestselling Kitchen Confidential and Medium Raw; A Cook’s Tour; the collection The Nasty Bits; the novels Bone in the Throat and Gone Bamboo; two graphic novels; and the New York Times bestselling cookbook, Appetites. He wrote for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Times of London, Bon Appetit, and many other publications. He was the host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning docuseries Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown on CNN, and Emmy award-winning No Reservations, among others. He passed away in 2018.
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