Get Jiro

Acclaimed chef, writer and television personality, Anthony Bourdain and

Joel Rose (Kill The Poor) return for the follow-up to their #1 New York Times

bestseller GET JIRO from Vertigo. In GET JIRO: BLOOD AND SUSHI, Bourdain and

Rose examine the origins of the mysterious Jiro and what made him into the chef

he has become. Born the heir to a Yakuza crime family, Jiro never longed

to travel the crimnal path laid out before him, but instead chose to secretly

study the rich culinary history of his homeland, something that would have

significant repercussions if discoverd by his ganster father. As Jiro's interest

in the culinary arts deepens, his ability to keep his artistic and criminal

worlds seperate becomes too great, triggering a great personal loss that will

forever change Jiro's path.