Gone Bamboo

by Anthony Bourdain

First published 1997

Henry and Frances, retired assassins, soak up the Caribbean sun in their luxury hotel suite. But when a job goes wrong, their tequila-soaked idyll erupts into chaos. A cross-dressing capo, a debauched hard man, and bumbling US marshals descend on their paradise. This blackly comic thriller pits the wits of the aging killers against a wave of unwanted attention, as they fight to keep their carefully constructed retirement from unraveling.

Genres: adventure, crime, thriller, action

Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family

Setting: Caribbean Area, Saint Martin (West Indies)

304 pages · Paperback · Bloomsbury USA

Content warnings: violence

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