Irving WallaceThe Man
A sharp, funny, informative and deliciously captivating book about writer, Bill Buford's year-in-training as a cook at Mario Batali's famous New York restaurant, Babbo, his apprenticeship to a Tuscan butcher, and his quest to make the perfect pasta.
Irving Wallace was an American bestselling author and screenwriter. His extensively researched books included such page-turners as The Chapman Report (1960), about human sexuality; The Prize (1962), a fictional behind-the-scenes account of the Nobel Prizes; The Man, about a black man becoming president of the U.S. in the 1960s; and The Word (1972), about the discovery of a new gospel.Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois.
