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Down and out in paradise : the life of Anthony Bourdain / Charles Leerhsen.
'Down and out in Paradise' is a groundbreaking, candid, well-sourced - but definitely unauthorized - biography of the celebrity chef and TV star Anthony Bourdain, based on extensive interviews with those who knew him intimately.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982140441 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 641.5092 Bourd-L | 31681010295905 | NONFIC | In process | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Bourdain had an irresistible personality, a dream job, a beautiful family, and international fame. His death by suicide in June 2018 shocked people around the world. Based on extensive interviews with those who knew him intimately, Leerhsen tells how thelate celebrity chef and TV star battled with childhood trauma and addiction. His obsessions with perfection and personal integrity ruined his marriages and turned him into a boss from hell. -- adapted from jacket - Baker & Taylor
Based on extensive interviews with those who knew him intimately, this biography of the late celebrity chef and TV star examines his battles with childhood trauma and addiction and his eventual rise to international fame. - Simon and Schuster
The bestselling, âunvarnishedâ (The New York Times), âengrossingâ (The Guardian), âgritty, well-researchedâ (The Economist)âand definitely unauthorizedâbiography of the celebrity chef and TV star Anthony Bourdain, based on extensive interviews with those who knew the real story.
Anthony Bourdainâs death by suicide in June 2018 shocked people around the world. Bourdain seemed to have it all: an irresistible personality, a dream job, a beautiful family, and international fame. The reality, though, was more complicated than it seemed.
Bourdain became a celebrity with his bestselling book Kitchen Confidential. He parlayed it into a series of hit television shows, including the Food Channelâs Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and CNNâs Parts Unknown. But his bad boy charisma belied a troubled spirit. Addiction and an obsession with perfection and personal integrity ruined two marriages and turned him into a boss from hell, even as millions of fans became enamored of the quick-witted and genuinely empathetic traveler they saw on TV. At the height of his success Bourdain was already running out of steam, physically and emotionally, when he fell hard for an Italian actress who could be even colder to him than he sometimes was to others, and who effectively drove a wedge between him and his young daughter.
Down and Out in Paradise is the first book to tell the full Bourdain story, and to show how Bourdainâs never-before-reported childhood traumas fueled both the creativity and insecurities that would lead him to a place of despair. âFilled with fresh, intimate detailsâ (The New York Times), this is the real story behind an extraordinary life.
