BOURDAIN : THE DEFINITIVE ORAL BIOGRAPHY

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New York Times bestsellerAn unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of legendary celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him bestWhen Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who, as a beloved travel icon, 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 Bourdains life through the stories and recollections of his closest friends and colleagues. Laurie Woolever, Bourdains longtime assistant and confidante, interviewed nearly a hundred of the people who shared Tonys orbit-from members of his kitchen crews to his writing, publishing, and television partners, to his daughter and his closest friends-in this definitive oral biography, piecing together a remarkably full, vivid, and nuanced vision of Tonys 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 including Eric Ripert, Jose Andres, Nigella Lawson, and W. Kamau Bell, 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