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TL;DR: A memoir of a time in Anthony Bourdain's life well into the fame and prominence, and a look on a point in time when celebrity chefs roamed the land, including critiques when food is disrespected . This started out dark, very dark. Knowing what happens to Anthony Bourdain, and him describing nights holed out in the Caribbean, I got an eerie sense of AB's tendencies. That what he'd written down as being unsuccessfully suicidal for nights on end, a chill ran down my spine.

In the pantheon of celebrity chefs nowadays, Anthony Bourdain has to be one of the most free-wheeling guys out there. He's probably living the life with the dream job of a travel-hungry college kid. He sports a travel TV show, an online series about excellent craftsmanship, and has written multiple books over the years. (I'm distilling his work too simply and too generally. I'm sure he's done way, way more than the last three sentences.)