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  <title><![CDATA[Gone Bamboo]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gone Bamboo &lt;/i&gt;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...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Written in Anthony Bourdain's signature style-raucous, funny, a bit vicious, and always fun- &lt;i&gt;Gone Bamboo&lt;/i&gt; 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. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1997</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Gone Bamboo</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Anthony Bourdain]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Remember that Bourdain is a reasonably famous chef at a well known New York restaurant. Food certainly is important to him, and one of the characters, Mickey, in this second of his mob-oriented novels, is the chef to a mobster hiding under the witness protection plan in a French island in the Caribb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37828585">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 11 10:25:52 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 23 04:06:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another Bourdain novel, this time about an ex-spook turned mob hit man who lives in the Carribean and tries to carve out a meaningful life away from &quot;work.&quot; Unlike other Bourdain novels, this one is without food nerdiness and instead focuses entirely on plot and characters. The Bob...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39873510">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49020722">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 12 07:08:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 12 07:12:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not a great book, though its not awful. If you have never been to St. Maarten, it is a generic thriller, with some added condescension towards tourists. If you like St. Maarten, however, it is fun to read, you'll recognize some of the spots and understand the main characters tendency to get ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49020722">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75266858">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 21 11:46:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 21 11:49:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd never heard of Bourdain until I read Kitchen Confidential on holiday this year. I loved that one and ended up loving this just as much. It's an easy read with lots going on - the perfect late night or weekend away book. The characters are interesting; the plot well paced and the smell of gunsmok...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75266858">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49804001">
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 19 15:10:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 19 15:25:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't put this book down. The perfect read for a beach vacation! I love Bourdain's fiction writing almost better than his non-fiction accounts of what occurs in NY kitchens. His details surrounding these mafia characters is impeccable. Loved reading it. ]]></body>
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    <review id="10712313">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people who like fun action novels]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 19 15:54:21 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 15 15:23:51 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you want drama about a war-torn middle eastern country, or hollow romance, don't read this book. If you want to read about guns, boozing, assassinations and good food, then this is the book for you. Not to mention the toughest, sexiest female lead character I've ever read about.<br/><br/>Anthon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10712313">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10712313]]></url>
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    <review id="41008696">
    <user id="1798442">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 27 09:36:00 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 27 09:37:35 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like my fluff reading to be fluffy.  This gave me the weird sensation that the author wanted to teach a morality story left over from his first book and cut off future stories from this line.  Too bad because he has a nice way about his writing.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41008696]]></url>
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    <review id="70015372">
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  <date_added>Fri Sep 04 02:31:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 04 02:36:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved Bone in the Throat. The first sentence hooked me like a trout about to be baked with some drizzled olive oil, sea salt and white wine served on a polenta mash with some asparagus.<br/><br/>Dinner time I think. Can't read. Eating.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70015372]]></url>
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    <review id="69754972">
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 01 19:13:49 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 01 19:14:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Slightly disappointed.  Bourdain usually has a unique style, and it really didn't come through in this book.  Characters were overbearing to the point of not caring what the plot truly was.]]></body>
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    <review id="39666385">
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    <name><![CDATA[Cheesy]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone with a sense of humour]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 08 23:57:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 09 00:01:13 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[a brilliantly hilarious yarn with it's far share of action and romance mixed in with fantastic one liners! a great page turner from first to last - can't wait to read the next one]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39666385]]></url>
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    <review id="19480820">
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    <name><![CDATA[Treasure]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 04 17:35:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 07 18:50:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am trying out Bourdain's fiction, and I am quickly learning that I prefer his non-fiction. It's not that the fiction is bad, I just don't enjoy the mobster scene he writes about. And the langauge and sex references seem like they are &quot;placed&quot; rather that really necessary. His food detail...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19480820">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="70197724">
    <user id="2707498">
    <name><![CDATA[Steven]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 05 18:37:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 05 18:43:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent beach read.  Been to St. Martin several times and had fun finding the places in the book.  Quick enjoyable read.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70197724]]></url>
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    <review id="30854828">
    <user id="1041790">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 21 19:52:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 08 18:30:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book is a kind of second-rate novel that one wants to keep reading. The anti-hero, Henry, is who the author wishes he could be (this is plainly obvious to the reader)but Henry is also flawed enough to make him likable and believable--that one guy who's smarter, better looking and funnier than yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30854828">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54527239">
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    <name><![CDATA[Llamabean]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book kept me on the edge of my seat as it pulled me through a life I can only imagine people having. ]]></body>
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    <review id="42461959">
    <user id="1853347">
    <name><![CDATA[Matthew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent pacing, entertaining characters, good plot.  Nothing very deep or edifying, but a satisfying vacation read.]]></body>
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    <review id="71197523">
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    <name><![CDATA[Albie]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain (2000)]]></body>
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    <review id="67769476">
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    <name><![CDATA[Wendy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[ridiculously silly.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67769476]]></url>
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    <review id="50520520">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bridget]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was completely entertaining and definitely made me want to run away to a tropical paradise.<br/><br/>Anthony Bourdain is brash and hilarous and developed a great array of characters.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes, THAT Anthony Bourdain, host of many cooking programs on the tele.  I can’t stand the guy on TV but he sure can write!  Two professional assassins are relaxing on a tropical island when someone they were hired to knock off shows up on the island in the witness protection program.  It’s a cat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33765733">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book.  Fun, easy read, but nothing really great about it.  I wasn't impressed with the prose or the story.  The only part I found fascinating was when he wrote about food.  Makes sense for the guy who wrote <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33313.Kitchen_Confidential_Adventures_in_the_Culinary_Underbelly_updated_edition_" title="Kitchen Confidential  Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (updated edition) by Anthony Bourdain">Kitchen Confidential</a></em>.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25898629">more...</a>]]></body>
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