Prologue, Chapter 1-4 Summary

Bone in the Throat by Anthony Bourdain is the story of a mafia boss and an attempt to bring him and those that work for him to justice. Tommy Pagana is the nephew of Sally Wig, a murderer and extortionist. Tommy doesn't want anything to do with the crime world but gets pulled into the middle of Sally's "business". Tommy is busy trying to keep Sally's friends from killing him, due to what Tommy has seen, when Tommy is approached by the police with threats of prison if Tommy doesn't help them by ratting out his uncle.

In the prologue a body is found that has been shot in the head. The mouth has been filled with cherry bombs and blown into pieces. The coroner of the small town where the body is found isn't surprised when the police...