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Pros
This book is everything the excellent reviews and interviews with the author promised - and more. It reads like an old-fashioned people magazine story you can't and don't want to put down, with a great narrative, exceptional reporting, and lots of wow... Read More
Up & downs, smiles and frowns is a psychological and sociological narrative of a man who burned himself out. It is tragic to learn how his life unfolded in such extremes-- professional success many dream of, yet personal landmines throughout. Some... Read More
Cons
This book feels too intimate without true insight (although ottavia's interviews make up the bulk of the reveals). This book is a truly meritless read. Not insightful. This book isn't about anthony bourdain; it's about the author and his failed attemp... Read More
Typos are glaring and endless. The syntax is that of a high school freshman. The writing is awful, like something out of a cheesy magazine, and rife with typos.
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Quality
I am a fan of leerhsen’s work which always combines an extraordinary amount of research and historical detail with the author’s... Read More
The author did as good a job as i could have ever hoped for in grappling with the many questions about bourdains life and death
Very sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience
Yes he had a mental illness i ask any of you to live with mental illness for one day without clamoring to make deals with the devil
Shipping
That’s the way it was with b’s fast rise to network fame
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When anthony used to say i have the best job in the world it would always ring hollow with me
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If youre looking to learn more about the ambiguities of bourdain or why his story may be so impactful to millions like you ill take a quote from the book to explain why you should pick this up
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Yet when we try to pick and choose the lessons to take from a life we begin to construct a lie in this case a lie about a man singularly devoted to truth and opposed to pretension and public relations
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I also didn’t find it hard to set aside leerhsen’s psychoanalyzing
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This book has gotten some buzz thats deemed it as tragedy prn and overly invasive but i think thats a bit harsh
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Bourdains life ended in tragedy and glossing over it feels dishonest
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There is a theory that when someone starts using drugsalcohol at a young age their mentalemotional growth stops at that point
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