Anthony Bourdain: Out of the Frying Pan…
Trapped by His Own Success. Reviewing Laurie Woolever’s ‘Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography’
What happens if the narrative you believe about yourself no longer makes sense, if there’s no way to be the hero in the story you’re telling the world?
Author Will Storr follows the connection between failed stories and suicide in his 2018 book, Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed. Storr’s book came to mind as I recently reflected on Anthony Bourd…


