Reading rank 472
Gone Bamboo
, subject: Bourdain's Caribbean crime novel about a retired assassin and a failed hit, 1997
Gone Bamboo ties Bourdain’s fiction to the quiet beach life he said he wanted, set against the driven work he kept choosing.
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About the book
A darkly comic Caribbean crime novel about a retired assassin, the target he failed to kill, and the mobster pursuing them both.
Why read it
Best if you want to look at the gap between the quiet life a driven person says they want and the demanding work they keep choosing.
Key themes
- Fiction as a stated escape
- What repeated choices reveal
Evidence and original sources
Source: official Founders episode — #219
This record is supported by 1 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Tony Bourdain: The Definitive Biography — David uses Gone Bamboo to connect Bourdain's fiction to the quiet beach-and-cocktail life he said he wanted and to the tension between that stated dream and the driven working life he continued to choose.