Reservations Recommended

Reservations Recommended

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AND
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Contents
 
About the Book   Summary and Reviews
Dedication and Epigraphs
Looking for Matthew Barber
Chapter 1
The Alley View Grill
A Man in Disguise
A Sense of Humor Is the Best Defense
A Glass of Gelid Gin
“Home of the Free-Ranging Critics”
Something Very Film Noir
The Height of Contemporary Sophistication
Whenever You’re Ready
So Many Ideas in Such a Small Thing
The Review
Chapter 2
Flynn’s Olde Boston Eating & Drinking Establishment
The Neat Graffitist
Effie’s Crumbs
The Next Big Thing
Barber, Party of Six
The Grass Is . . .
Lift the Least and You Lift Yourself
A Sense of Personal Dignity
Brain Food
“What Do You Do, Belinda?”
Body and Soul
The Review
Chapter 3
Dolce Far Niente
Matthew Acts Out
Belinda Wows ’Em
How to Bake Bread on a Stick
Matthew’s Leisure Pursuits
Picture Frame
Hilarious Harold
Tagliatelle con Fruitti di Mare
In the Midst of the Fountain of Wit
Matthew Stubs His Toe
Bèlla Signorina
The Review
Chapter 4
Superior Indian Cookery
Liz Makes a Date
Liz Makes an Announcement
The First Cousin of Reason
A Singular Nut
Chapter 5
Café Zurich
Chapter 6
Two-Two-Two
Chapter 7
Ike’s

 



Copyright © 1990 by Eric Kraft

Reservations Recommended is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, dialogues, settings, and businesses portrayed in it are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

First published by Crown Publishers, Inc., 201 East 50th Street, New York, New York 10022. Member of the Crown Publishing Group.

Now available in paperback from Picador USA, a division of St. Martin’s Press.

For information about publication rights outside the U. S. A., audio rights, serial rights, screen rights, and so on, e-mail Alec “Nick” Rafter, the author’s earnest agent.

The illustration at the top of the page is an adaptation of an illustration by Stewart Rouse that first appeared on the cover of the August 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions. The boy at the controls of the aerocycle doesn’t particularly resemble Peter Leroy—except, perhaps, for the smile.


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