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BOOK 01THE BAR STOOL / THE HAYSEED
A regular. With opinions.
Sabbath, beer, familiar faces. Tony belongs at Walt’s, even when nobody remembers asking for his contribution.
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MORE THAN ONE WAY THROUGH.
FOLLOW THE
PAPER TRAIL.
A name you recognize. A guy on the phone. Somebody’s quiet customer. The connections have been sitting there the whole time.
FIVE NOVELS.MORE THAN ONE WAY THROUGH.
A CHARACTER ROUTETHE MAN
THE MAN
GETS AROUND.
The same voice keeps turning up in different rooms. Somebody keeps giving him a phone number.
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BOOK 02THE SHOW FILE / THE FOUNDRY
He knows somebody.
Dave is putting on a show. Billy has work to do. Tony has a suggestion about a chef from television.
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BOOK 03THE PHONE LINE / CHANNEL 19
The caller sounds familiar.
There is a man on the phone with a strong opinion about what belongs on Chef’s food. The connection note is there when you want it.
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BOOK 04THE FIELD NOTEBOOK / MILL CREEK
He wanted a quiet afternoon.
A rod, a cooler, a little music. Then Tony notices something upstream and the afternoon stops belonging to him.
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A CHARACTER ROUTETHE OTHER SIDE
THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE TABLE.
You can know a guy for an entire book and still meet him differently in somebody else’s kitchen.
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BOOK 01THE PROMISE / THE HAYSEED
A quarter-million-dollar problem.
Danny wants to save the bar for Trish. For once, a promise he makes is going to require more than getting through the week.
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BOOK 02THE SAME ORBIT / THE FOUNDRY
The gang finds another building.
The concert belongs to Dave, Tony, and Billy’s particular set of ambitions. The crew’s wider world is still close by.
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BOOK 05THE KITCHEN DOOR / THE GROW ROOM
A quiet customer in a coat.
Ray’s story has room for a familiar face. Danny’s visits look different from the supplier’s side of the kitchen table.
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A THEMATIC ROUTE / NOT A TIMELINETHE WORK
THE WORK
KEEPS CHANGING.
People who know how to do something discover that making a living from it is another job entirely.
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BOOK 01THE BAR NAPKIN / THE HAYSEED
First, somebody has to count it.
Good intentions do not close the distance between $41,200 and the offer on Walt’s bar. The crew tries to make a plan anyway.
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BOOK 03THE HOT LINE / CHANNEL 19
Being good at dinner is a start.
Chef is reliable at the stove. The cameras, the audience, and the people beside him demand something he cannot solve with better knife work.
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BOOK 05THE WORK LOG / THE GROW ROOM
Quality is only part of the job.
Ray learns the difference between a good result and a repeatable one. The market still gets a vote in what his work is worth.
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