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Flash in the Pan (Paperback)
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Flash in the Pan (Paperback)
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Loot Price R503
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"Finally back in print, "Flash in the Pan" is the original--and
still the best--reportage on the life and death of an American
restaurant, a ground level view of every phase of its life. From
the early, hope filled planning stages to the last, humiliating
moments, it's a tragi-comic epic of hubris and human folly.
Painfully hilarious and even more painfully true. This is a welcome
reissue of a restaurant classic that should be read by every
culinary and food service student in America and sit comfortably
next to Orwell's "Down and Out" on every shelf."
--Anthony Bourdain, author of "Kitchen Confidential"
In 1990, journalist David Blum got backstage access to the life and
death of The Falls, a downtown Manhattan restaurant that captured
the 1980s in all its extravagant excess. Its owners--a tanned,
Brahmin barkeep and a handsome Irish firefighter from
Queens--partnered with movie star pal Matt Dillon to cater to New
York's most glamorous models, actors, and writers. "Flash in the
Pan" captured in hilarious detail the quick decline and disastrous
fall of The Falls, and has become a classic cautionary tale for
anyone who might harbor the fantasy of opening a restaurant.
David Blum is the editor of Kindle Singles, the storefront for high
quality longform writing on Kindle. He was previously the editor in
chief of "The Village Voice" and has written for "New York"
magazine, "Esquire," "Vanity Fair," "The New Yorker," and "The New
York Times Magazine." "Flash in the Pan," first published in 1992,
was his first book.
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