

Read by Anthony Bourdain

“So, I'll bring Graham Greene's The Quiet American if I'm going to Vietnam. It's good to feel romantic about a destination before you arrive.”
— Anthony Bourdain
Source: Esquire interview, September 2013
“The first account of what it's REALLY like in a professional kitchen, and as true today as it was when it was written.”
— Anthony Bourdain
Source: The Guardian, 'Anthony Bourdain's top 10 books about food'
A Novel
“I think The Friends of Eddie Coyle is the absolute benchmark of pitch-perfect dialogue and atmosphere. You can smell the beer on these characters.”
— Anthony Bourdain
Source: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
“A masterpiece. Don't settle for seeing the film versions. One of the great heroines of all time and a magnificent book filled with great dialogue.”
— Anthony Bourdain
Source: New York Times By the Book