BIG NIGHT

St. Martin’s Griffin, New York, 1996, 1^st/1^st.  ISBN 0-312-148445.  Trade soft cover, 202 pages.  Unread copy, remaindered, with light edge and cover wear.  Based on the screenplay by Stanley Tucci and Joseph Tropiano.  ‘Two Italian immigrant brothers, Primo and Secondo, have come to a small seaside town in New Jersey in search of the American dream.  Primo is an artist in the kitchen, truly ahead of his time, while Secondo is the front man, doing his best to make their restaurant a success.  But business is bad at The Paradise.  Confused by Primo’s culinary creations, customers flock instead to Pascal’s, the rival restaurant across the street that serves up bad food and tacky décor.  And now Secondo has learned that the bank is about to foreclose.  When the unpredictable Pascal proposes that the brothers host a dinner party for jazz great Louis Prima, Secondo jumps at the chance.  But will the glorious feast the brothers cook up make their reputation and save their dream?  And will their relationship survive the big night?’ (from rear wrap)