{"product_id":"bourdain-the-definitive-oral-biography-paperback-1","title":"Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurie Woolever\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him best \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his childhood and teenage days, to his early years in New York, through the genesis of his game-changing memoir \u003cem\u003eKitchen Confidential \u003c\/em\u003eto 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnparalleled in scope and deeply intimate in its execution, with a treasure trove of photos from Tony's life, \u003cem\u003eBourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to the life of a remarkable man in the words of the people who shared his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.98 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767981736224,"sku":"9780063119673","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7e7ed26df1638047d37dde75c245492a.webp?v=1780322098","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bourdain-the-definitive-oral-biography-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}