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#219 Tony Bourdain: The Definitive Biography

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Tony's unexpected death in June 2018 meant the end of anything new from him. All that he had ever written. Drawn, recorded, or filmed in the world was done. A complete body of work. Tony's death also marked the beginning of a years long process of discovery.

In which I interviewed ninety one people who had known him. To hear their stories. And learn more about him. than what he'd already shared in the pages of Kitchen Confidential His subsequent works of nonfiction.

And on television. This book Is the result of that process. As his assistant and occasional co author, I thought I'd already gotten to know Tony quite well. However, in talking with the people who knew him in his youth,

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