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- In Stories
- Narrated by: Laurie Woolever, full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Bloomsbury presents Bourdain by Laurie Woolever, read by Laurie Woolever and a full cast.
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 long-time 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: In Stories is a definitive testament to the life of a remarkable man in the words of the people who shared his world.
Featuring the voices of:
Adam Epstein, Alex Getmanov, Alex Lowry, Alison Mosshart, Amy Entelis, Ben Selkow, Beth Aretsky, Bonnie McFarlane, Chris Collins, Christiane Amanpour, Christopher Bourdain, Daniel Halpern, Dave McMillan, David Choe, David Rosenthal, Diane Schutz, Eileen Opatut, Fred Morin, Helen Cho, Helen Lang, Hilary Snyder, James Graham, Jared Andrukanis, Jason Rezaian, Jeff Allen, Jeff Formosa, Jeff Zucker, Joe Coleman, Joel Rose, John Lurie, José Andrés, Josh Ferrell, Karen Rinaldi, Kimberly Witherspoon, Laurie Barnett, Laurie Woolever, Lenny Mosse, Lizzie Fox, Lolis Elie, Lydia Tenaglia, Maria Bustillos, Matt Goulding, Matt Walsh, Michael Ruhlman, Michael Steed, Mike Ruffino, Morgan Fallon, Mustafa Bhagat, Nari Kye, Natasha Phan, Nathan Thornburgh, Nick Brigden, Nigella Lawson, Panio Gianopoulos, Pat Younge, Patrick Radden Keefe, Patti Jackson, Peter Meehan, Philip Lajaunie, Rennik Soholt, Rob Stone, Robert Vuolo, Robin Standefer, Roy Choi, Sally Freeman, Sam Goldman, Sam Sifton, Sandy Zweig, Shant Petrossian, Steven Tempel, Todd Liebler, Tom Vitale, W. Kamau Bell, Web Stone, Whitney Ward, Yeganeh Rezaian, Aspen Miller, Barbara Rosenblatt, Billie Fulford-Brown, Cheryl Smith, Dan Bittner, Ewan Chung, Gabra Zackman, George Newbern, Hillary Huber, James Lurie, Jason Culp, Jean Brassard, Joe Knezevich, Oliver Wyman, Rob Shapiro and Roger Wayne.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
Critic Reviews
"Anyone who loved and misses Bourdain will want this book." (Kirkus)
"This gloriously messy miscellany of off-kilter observations and lightning-in-a-bottle insights will make one want to read, eat and experience the world the way Bourdain did. Bourdain’s fans will devour this." (Publishers Weekly)
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- Cam
- 22-12-2022
Great listen.
You really get a sense of how much Tony effected the people around him. Awesome.
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- LM
- 06-02-2022
Listen to it!
Very cleaver - took a chapter to get into it. Once into it you can appreciate how well put t
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- Darren
- 25-02-2022
Insightful
A real insight into the man who was Anthony (Tony) Bourdain, from his family and those who loved and worked with him.
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- LAURIE FAEN
- 06-08-2022
Great insightful portrait of a complex man
This is a unique and fascinating biography told by those who knew him. I was totally engaged.
A collection of insights that coalesced into a richly detailed portrait.
I’d always admired Anthony Bourdain and this book absolutely confirmed that he was an exceptional man, worthy of admiration.
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- Peta
- 21-12-2021
Heart felt
Wonderful wonderful collection of love and stories from the people closest to him.
A glorious wake for a magnificent man.
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- TB
- 09-01-2023
The perfect farewell
I appreciate that it can feel a little disjointed to start, skipping between narrators, but what Laurie Woolever achieves is nothing short of spectacular, weaving together stories from dozens of friends and colleagues. This feels like the perfect farewell, the curtain well and truly pulled back, a warts and all wrap up of Tony Bourdain's story. I can't think of a better way of saying good bye.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-02-2024
awesome
awesome, beautifully presented, through the voices that matter, what a life to remember, ponder and reflect upon
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- Regina
- 22-03-2022
Struggled to get into this book
I was so looking forward to this book but struggled to get into it. I often didn't know whose memory was being shared and it felt a little all over the place. I gave up on it as I really didn't enjoy the short memories and recollections of Bourdain's life in what felt like an unstructured format. Maybe it's a book better read in hard-copy.
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