Gone Bamboo
Bourdain's second novel drops a retired hitman into the Caribbean, where sun, rum, and old enemies conspire to pull him back into the business.
Before he became famous for writing about kitchens, Bourdain wrote pulpy crime fiction, and this is the follow-up to his debut. Henry, a professional killer, has settled into lazy island retirement with his wife until a mobster he once left for dead washes up on the same beach. Bourdain fills the story with the food, heat, and bad behavior he loved, delivering a lean, wisecracking thriller that reads like a vacation gone wrong.
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