Tom Vitale, Anthony Bourdain’s longtime director and producer, on discovering an unfinished manuscript left behind by the late chef.
, but I felt like I’d already lived nine lives and had the premature gray hair to prove it. For better or worse over the preceding decade and a half, I’d organized my life around Tony and the job.
“Collected Tony from the airport. He’s in good spirits, wants to know his call time for this afternoon.”Hitting the streets, what struck me was how extremely friendly everyone was. “How are you? Very good Libya!!! Welcome to Libya!!!” they said. Tripoli’s old city was a combination of traditional Libyan architecture with occasional colonial-era Italian buildings. The Libyan flag was painted on every surface possible.
We began twisting through ancient, narrow, maze-like streets, populated mostly by kids. Some were playing with frighteningly realistic toy guns, others set off bottle rockets and cherry bombs, stamping them out with flip-flops when one dropped or threatened to misfire. We arrived at sunset just as the call to prayer began. Martyrs’ Square was vast, lined by a mix of grand mid-century and historic arcaded structures, and to my disappointment, it was mostly empty of people. Blinking Christmas lights decorated lampposts and palm trees. A few spectators stood on the periphery, and here and there some kids set off bottle rockets. A lone motorcycle bounced over cobblestones playing American pop music.
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