“An unvarnished account of a turbulent life. Grittier than anything we’ve read about Bourdain before. Leerhsen is not here, though, to discredit or dismiss his subject. His admiration for Bourdain is nearly always apparent. It’s hard to say if Bourdain would have liked this book. Either way, I suspect he would have admired the author’s guts.”
— Dwight Garner, The New York Times