The book's conceit is that it's a behind-the-scenes account of the kitchen of a big-city restaurant. But where the first book was a case study of people seemingly dead to the joys of life, Heat is a chronicle of artisans consumed by passion. And Italy, once again, figures as the staging ground of momentous events. It's interesting to see, then, that Buford's new book, Heat, returns him to the sweaty, boozy fold of pasty, beefy and slightly deranged young men. These British thugs eventually head off to Turin for a match, and the rampaging that ensues becomes the book's vivid centerpiece. It was an engrossing piece of reportage in which Buford, an American expat living in England, trailed a group of pasty, beefy and somewhat deranged soccer hooligans. More than 15 years ago, Bill Buford's first book, Among the Thugs was published. And the series continues all summer long on NPR.org. All Things Considered talks with writers about their favorite buttonhole books. All readers have them - and so do writers. Call them buttonhole books, the ones you urge passionately on friends, colleagues and passersby.
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