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Gone Bamboo
Gone Bamboo | Anthony Bourdain
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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.
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Megabooks
Gone Bamboo | Anthony Bourdain
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Finished my reading Bourdain year! I will make a larger post about it soon. This book didn‘t work for me on audio but did in print. The badass couple at the center are obviously Tony and first wife Nancy. Lots of sex, lots of guns and killing, and a fair amount of n-words. 😬

When a mob informant comes to Saint Maarten, it upends the lives of Henry and Frances. In the past, he‘s done some mob work but fights to keep his slice of paradise.

BarbaraBB You did it! Good job! Who are in the photo? 1w
Megabooks @BarbaraBB it‘s me at about 19 with my dad‘s parents! 💜 1w
BarbaraBB I thought it was you but because the other two couldn‘t be your parents (too old) I thought maybe it was your mom. Lovely photo 🩷 1w
Megabooks @BarbaraBB I just realized my grandmother in that picture is the age my mother is now. Crazy! 1w
BarbaraBB That IS crazy! 1w
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booklover3258
Gone Bamboo | Anthony Bourdain
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Im reading all the Bourdain books i can. This one was about the mob. I enjoyed it. He incorporated cooking verbiage throughout and the end shooting scene was bloody and glorious Bourdain style. Sort of happy ending. I give it 3 and a half stars.

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Echo
Gone Bamboo | Anthony Bourdain
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Forgive me Litsy, for I have sinned. I should have posted more. This book sucked me in in a way that made me forget the outside world existed. I want nothing more than to flee to Saint Martin and live there forever.

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MrBook
Gone Bamboo | Anthony Bourdain
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#TBRtemptation post 6! I like this cover. From the legendary travel tv personality. Henry and his wife, Frances, live an idyllic life as two of the Caribbean's most charming ex-pats (and professional assassins). When Donnie, a powerful capo, relocates to their island, Elmore Leonard-style low-living and high-comedy ensues. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

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MorbidAi
Gone Bamboo | Anthony Bourdain
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I definitely saved the hardest countries for the end. But here are the last 5 of my 10 selections for #PassportLitsy next year! #StMartin #WesternSahara #Andorra #Kenya and #Tajikistan 😬👍