Gone Bamboo

by Anthony Bourdain

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Henri Denard, a Vietnam War hero and professional assassin who is living on a French island in the Caribbean, discovers his neighbor is a man he unsuccessfully tried to assassinate as part of a contract. A crime comedy.

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I am working my way to reading everything Mr. Bourdain has written. This book is about the mob. It's a great book and a cool story. I really liked the characters and the shootout scene towards the end. Only Bourdain can make it bloody good. And of course, I like how he incorporates cooking terms throughout the book.
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Remember that Bourdain is a reasonably famous chef at a well known New York restaurant. Food certainly is important to him, and one of the characters, Mickey, in this second of his mob-oriented novels, is the chef to a mobster hiding under the witness protection plan in a French island in the Caribbean. Henry, a hit man, had been hired by Jimmie several years before to take out Donnie, a Mafia chieftain. Unfortunately, Donnie had only been badly wounded, had survived the shooting, and was now, several years later, singing to the feds. He is being hidden on the same island where Henry and Frances have taken up an idyllic retirement. Donnie' arrival on the island changes all the dynamics, and Henry, knowing that Donnie probably knows that show more Henry had been the one hired to shoot him, decides to make some peace overtures. If you like ganster-type books, you' enjoy this one, although I understand that [book:Bone in the Throat] should be read first. show less
starts out as flip as Bone in Throat, but takes a sudden hard right into Hamlet. same as BinT, beach-towel skimmer
De Amerikaan Henry en zijn vrouw Frances wonen op een eiland in het Caribisch gebied, het is er goed leven met vrienden, barbecues, strand, veel tequila en drugs. Maar dan wordt hun rust verstoord: in het kader van het beschermingsprogramma voor kroongetuigen komt maffiabaas Charlie Ianello naar het eiland. Jaren geleden heeft Henry - die als huurmoordenaar werkte - geprobeerd om Charlie te vermoorden. Maar nu moet Henry Charlie beschermen tegen andere maffiosi. Vlot geschreven thriller waarin eten en drinken een belangrijke rol spelen. De auteur (1956) is eigenaar en chefkok van een restaurant in New York. Behalve thrillers schrijf hij ook non-fictie. Enkele figuren uit zijn roman 'Tot op het bot'* spelen ook in dit boek een rol.

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Anthony Bourdain was born in New York City on June 25, 1956. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1978. He wrote numerous nonfiction books including Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, The Nasty Bits, A Cook's Tour, No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach, Medium Raw, and Appetites: A show more Cookbook. He also wrote several works of fiction including the graphic novel Get Jiro! and the comic Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts. He was the host of several television shows including A Cook's Tour, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The Layover, and Parts Unknown. He committed suicide on June 8, 2018 at the age of 61. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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People/Characters
Henry Denard; Frances Denard
Important places
Saint Martin
First words
Jimmy "Pazz" Calabrese wanted room service.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"yes", said Henry, "and we're never going back"

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PS3552 .O8328 .G6Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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Reviews
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Rating
½ (3.36)
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Dutch, English, French, German
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ISBNs
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