New York Times bestseller 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
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.
