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Bourdain : the definitive oral biography

Woolever, Laurie. (Author).

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best... When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating nearly everything), shedding light on the lives and stories of others. His impact was outsized and his legacy has only grown since his death. Now, for the first time, we have been granted a look into Bourdain's life through the stories and recollections of his closest friends and colleagues. Laurie Woolever, Bourdain's longtime assistant and confidante, interviewed nearly a hundred of the people who shared Tony's orbit--from members of his kitchen crews to his writing, publishing, and television partners, to his daughter and his closest friends--in order to piece together a remarkably full, vivid, and nuanced vision of Tony's life and work. From his childhood and teenage days, to his early years in New York, through the genesis of his game-changing memoir Kitchen Confidential to his emergence as a writing and television personality, and in the words of friends and colleagues... as well as family members including his brother and his late mother, we see the many sides of Tony--his motivations, his ambivalence, his vulnerability, his blind spots, and his brilliance.

Large Print Book  - 2021
LP 641.5092 Bourd-W
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  • ISBN: 9780063119673
  • Physical Description xxvii, 558 pages (large print) : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
  • Edition Large print edition.
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.

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