The Bobby Gold Stories

New York: Bloomsbury, 2003. 1st ed., first printing (full number line). Black octavo; black cloth; 165 pages; 21 cm 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. in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9781582342337

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