Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography Contributor(s): Woolever, Laurie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0063119676 ISBN-13: 9780063119673 Publisher: Harper Large Print OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Culinary - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Cooking | Individual Chefs & Restaurants |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.91" W x 8.98" (1.35 lbs) 592 pages |
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Publisher Description: An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best 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 including Eric Ripert, José Andrés, 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, his blind spots, and his brilliance. Unparalleled in scope and deeply intimate in its execution, with a treasure trove of photos from Tony's life, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography is a testament to the life of a remarkable man in the words of the people who shared his world. |