Gone Bamboo
Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain, published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on September 18, 2000, is a first edition novel comprising 304 pages. This work follows Henry, a CIA-trained assassin, and his wife Frances as they navigate the complexities of their seemingly idyllic life in the Caribbean. Their retirement takes a chaotic turn when Donnie, a powerful capo in the Federal Witness Protection Program, inadvertently disrupts their plans, leading to a series of unexpected confrontations with a cross-dressing mafioso.
Readers will find a blend of action, adventure, and mystery as Henry and Frances confront their past and the challenges posed by their new adversaries. The narrative captures the couple’s tough-talking dynamic and their efforts to survive in a world filled with danger and dark humor. With elements reminiscent of classic crime fiction, Gone Bamboo offers a unique perspective on love and loyalty amidst the chaos of hitmen and their counterparts.
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Gone Bamboo pits Henry, a CIA-trained assassin, and Frances, his hard-nosed, hard-bodied wife against two governments and a cross-dressing mafioso. Henry and Frances have gone bamboo-living an idyllic, retired life in the Caribbean-but when Donnie, a powerful capo relocated by the Federal Witness Protection Program, inadvertently jeopardizes their plan, all hell breaks loose. Despite the fact that Henry once tried to kill Donnie, the two join forces against the transvestite mob boss looking to ace Donnie. But things aren’t going to be so easy. . . .
Written in Anthony Bourdain’s signature style-raucous, funny, a bit vicious, and always fun-Gone Bamboo is a feast of murder, hitmen, and the hitwomen they love. Reminiscent of Dashiell Hammet’s Nick and Nora, Bourdain’s Henry and Frances are a tough-talking, unlikely couple that will win you over-if they don’t kill you first.
Anthony Bourdain is the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in New York City. He is the author of Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (non-fiction) and Bone in the Throat.
‘Bourdain establishes himself as a new master of the wiseass crime comedy.’- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
‘Bourdain serves up a delectable concoction sure to appeal…’ –Denver Post
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