A final look into the life and mind of the late great Anthony Bourdain. You can hear his voice while reading these interviews. It's been over a year since his passing and his presence is sorely missed. I'll be returning to this book on those days when the world makes no sense and everything is fucked up.

It feels a little strange to read the transcript of a Daily Show interview when you could just pull it up on Youtube, and the final piece here is not really an interview but one of those articles where the writer went to see Bourdain and then wrote a few paragraphs about their chat (result- overly florid prose by the writer, less Bourdain), but in general I think this is a cool if somewhat morbid series, and it's nice that someone made the effort to assemble all these pieces together.I had never...

This is compilation of randomly chosen interviews with Anthony Bourdain, including fragments of supposedly his last interview. Probably the title is what will make people read this book but really, there is nothing interesting in here - primarily the interviewer monolog. Bourdain was quoted just a few times. After reading this book I can't resist impression, that it was created for sole purpose of financial incentive of the author. If you watched "No reservations" and read Bourdain's books, ther...

I used to make fun of people who felt deeply affected by the deaths of celebrities. "You didn't actually know them. Sure, you might mourn that you will not be able to enjoy more of their work, but it's not like they were actually your friend," I'd say, like an asshole.I outgrew telling other people how, when, and what to mourn, but I never actually mourned a celebrity myself until the day I found out that Anthony Bourdain was dead.Watching Bourdain explore the world and engage those who live the...

Wow, I didn't realize how much I missed his voice. These interviews offer up his truly sage (and often sardonic) advice on food, life, love, hard work, addiction, and passion. It's clear that "Tony" had a lot to give. A self-proclaimed listener who gave many (unheard) voices the forum to speak on his shows, he made the world a bit smaller and brighter. The final interview ends sweetly, though abruptly--which, as in real life, left me wanting more.

I'm not sure what I expected from this book, but I couldn't get very engaged with it. The last "interview" was especially disappointing. I thought it was given just 5 days before his death, but it was more like a profile than an interview. I don't think this book was worth my time. I'm only giving it a scant 3 stars because I loved his work.

When I found out that this book existed, I essentially ran to the bookstore at the earliest opportunity and snagged a copy. I am a Bourdain fangirl (you might have noticed if you follow my reviews), and I miss his voice, his wit and his energy. His last interviews? I simply needed this book to come home with me.And I'll be honest: it's a mixed bag. Some interviewers are simply more skilled than others, and create more stimulating conversation. But it was great to have even just a little bit more...

I like “The Last Interview” books for the most part. I’m curious to know more about the interview selection process. Often, the books are too slim and I want more, but I’m sure there’s some bureaucratic reason for that. With Bourdain, I liked the earlier interviews best. The official “last interview” was not that exciting. Still worth a read if you’re a fan.

I had forgotten to post it here. I read the book the day it came out. How could I not?I still can’t believe that he is gone. Genuine Tony, the chef, the writer, the lover, the cinephile, the inquisitive good man. “At news of his death [...] millions of people mourned Bourdain the way you mourn a friend: primal, personal, disbelieving.”I will never forget that morning of June 8, 2018.I was traveling for work in Sunnyvale. A period in my life that I still can’t find the courage to revisit. Not to

“A few months ago, I was sitting cross-legged in the mountains of Vietnam with a bunch of Thai tribesman as a guest of honor drinking rice whiskey. Three years ago I never ever in a million years thought that I would ever live to see any of that. So I know that I’m a lucky man.” (Summer 2003)*Read for Anthony Bourdain Day 6/25*There’s nothing I can say about Anthony Bourdain that hasn’t been said much more eloquently before. Personally, he was the perfect equalizer between my chef husband and m

“He taught us about food – but more importantly about its ability to bring us together. To make us a little less afraid of the unknown.”Powerful words – from a fellow named Barack Obama in describing the brilliant intellect and candor of Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain traveled an extraordinary road, evolving from celebrity chef to intrepid travel writer to journalist, and ultimately a most unlikely social anthropologist.His storytelling through culinary adventure was frank, often uncompromising and

I got into Bourdain after he died. I saw his TV series after his suicide. As a middle aged person, I share his angst( or at least what I imagine to be his angst) & his death shook me, as it did so many other people I know. It is interesting to think of his writing & work in a larger perspective. I enjoy his humility, his openness & his ideas of being a "good guest". His work is in the tradition of Mark Twain & has helped me examine my prejudices. I love him for that.

Just OKInteresting. Some new insight but otherwise not all that enlightening or interesting. Interviews with some of his tv crew who knew him intimately and his wife would have been better.

I've spent a lot of time reading Tony's prose and watching his shows and consider him a true inspiration in my daily life. This book felt like a cash grab at reprinting interviews that you could easily watch on YouTube from his mouth directly and save yourself the time and money of reading someone else's curated posthumous list.

It’s amazing how fresh the loss of Tony still feels, and I admit I teared up at the beginning of this book. Listening to Tony always gives me the strength to be a badass considerate citizen of the world.

Reading this book was both comforting and sad for me. Hearing his voice in my head as I read these interviews was a reminder of all the reasons so many people loved him. His acid wit and humaneness came off the pages in a real way. For the few hours I read this book, I felt he was back. I felt like an old friend had come to visit. It felt odd reading the last interview that was done just before his death. I enjoyed this short read.

i miss "uncle tony" every day, he was such a special man with the very unique ability to make whoever he talked to open up and give both more and the unexpected. any one who got to interview him was a lucky person, and we're all better for having him and his ethos so part of the cultural landscape. this was a fun and bittersweet collection of some of his interviews, one star off for having some repeated questions/answers. (he was, as the book says, a prolific interviewee. i don't think it would

I've missed Tony's voice. After reading all of his other books, I feared that I wouldn't get to enjoy the experience of reading his works ever again. The five interviews included continue to show what a positive influence Anthony Bourdain has on this world, even though he's no longer with us.

Super fun, short read - a compilation of interviews from Tony Bourdain over the years.

The Melville House interns must have handled the copy editing duties as Colombia is misspelled twice as "Columbia"...in a book about one of the world's most famous travelers! Bourdain deserved better.But the interviews are revealing and inspiring and the book as a whole is a worthwhile addition to The Last Interview series and anyone's Bourdain library.