Gone Bamboo

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2018
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Welcome to the retirement home of Henry and Frances, ex-New Yorkers and professional assassins: a luxury hotel suite in an idyllic, tequila-drenched Caribbean hideaway. It's supposed to be all cocktails and sex on the beach. But when a job icing a Mafioso godfather goes awry, trouble hits paradise . . . in the form of a cross-dressing capo, a debauched Irish hard man and a slew of incompetent but vicious US marshals.

Synopsis

Welcome to the retirement home of Henry and Frances, ex-New Yorkers and professional assassins: a luxury hotel suite in an idyllic, tequila-drenched Caribbean hideaway. It's supposed to be all cocktails and sex on the beach. But when a job icing a Mafioso godfather goes awry, trouble hits paradise . . . in the form of a cross-dressing capo, a debauched Irish hard man and a slew of incompetent but vicious US marshals.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: Main
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 09 Aug 2018
ISBN 10: 1786895196
ISBN 13: 9781786895196

Media Reviews

A caper of murder and mayhem that reads like Carl Hiaasen on holiday with Elmore Leonard and goes out with a bang like a tequila slammer * * The Times * *
A sparkling read * * Daily Telegraph * *
Sharp and funny - if it's gangster rap you want to read then Bourdain is your man * * Daily Express * *
A cross between The Sopranos and Baywatch * * Crimetime * *
This wise-cracking, snappy tale refreshes like a Caribbean breeze * * Herald * *
This sassy story of murder mayhem and Caribbean cocktails . . . is a superior read for the beach this summer -- Lucy Knox * * Tribune * *

Author Bio

Anthony Bourdain was a world-renowned chef, travelling the world for his Emmy Award-winning series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He was the bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential. His fiction titles include Bone in the Throat and Bobby Gold. He died on 8 June 2018.