Get Jiro!
By Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose
Illustrated by Langdon Foss
By Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose
Illustrated by Langdon Foss
Category: Comics | International Cuisine
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$16.99
May 07, 2013 | ISBN 9781401228286
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Praise
“‘Get Jiro!'” unfolds in a dystopian version of Los Angeles where today’s (mostly) polite and academic discussions about food have evolved into grisly gastronomic feuds…. In some ways, “Get Jiro!” represents a coming-full-circle thing for Mr. Bourdain.”—The New York Times
“What’s an ex-yakuza enforcer turned sushi chef to do, ask culinary expert and author Bourdain (Medium Raw) and co-writer Joel Rose (La Pacifica) in this boisterous lampooning of food culture, a pet project for Bourdain, who seems to revel in the unrestrained narrative allowed in a comic book. Their answer will be enjoyable to anyone versed in samurai revenge stories or the films of Sam Peckinpah…. The book’s saving grace is the wonderfully clean and detailed art by an all-star team of artists led by illustrator Foss, whose meticulously researched and composed visuals mirror Jiro’s precision with a knife and produce equally appetizing results.”—Publishers Weekly
“Bourdain…promised ‘an ultra-violent slaughter-fest over culinary arcane,’ and he delivers pretty much exactly that….Bourdain let’s his foodie id run wild, extolling the elegant simplicity of a peasant dish like pot-au-feu here and caving in skulls with sauté pans there. Foss’ stubby, dough-faced figures walk a fine line between goofy and thuggish, and fall apart with great ickiness when dismembered. Equal parts blunt culinary opinion-mongering and satiric takedown of the very same chef-worship culture Bourdain helped create, this amusing diversion coasts comfortably in the wake of the standard bearer of gore-soaked foodie comics…”—Booklist
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