“This isn’t an official Bourdain product or a hagiography. And it’s not some pointlessly sleazy book, either. This one is thoroughly researched and painstakingly detailed. ‘It’s not a matter of solving the mystery of his suicide or solving the mystery of who he was,’ Leerhsen told me. ‘I just hope I present a detailed picture of Bourdain from birth to death. This is for people who are curious about him in particular and curious about the human condition.'”