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Anthony Bourdain’s crime novel Gone Bamboo is being made into a TV series

Late TV chef’s second book is set in the Caribbean

Ellie Harrison
Monday 22 February 2021 14:58 GMT
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Anthony Bourdain’s crime novel Gone Bamboo is being adapted into a television series.

The second book by the late US chef, TV presenter and writer was published in 1997 and is set on the Caribbean island of St Martin. The story revolves around a hedonistic assassin, Henry Denard, who wants to retire and live the good life. But he botched his last job, so it’s not long before his past comes back to haunt him.

It is the sequel to his first novel, Bone in the Throat, which came out in 1995.

In the book’s introduction, Bourdain wrote: “I wanted to write a sociopath beach book. I wanted a hero and heroine as lazy, mercenary, lustful and free of redeeming qualities as I sometimes see myself.”

Casting and a release date have not yet been announced for the series, which is being produced by Webster and Robert Stone (Gone in Sixty Seconds, The Conspirator).

Read more - Eight things we learned from Anthony Bourdain’s powerful final interview

All 12 seasons of Bourdain’s acclaimed food and travel series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown are available to watch on Netflix.

His celebrity was such that when Barack Obama went to Hanoi, Vietnam, in May 2016, he met him at a casual restaurant for a $6 meal of noodles and grilled pork.

In 2018, Bourdain died by suicide in a hotel room in Strasbourg, France, during a visit to film Parts Unknown.

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