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The Last Playboy: The High Life of Porfirio Rubirosa by Levy, Shawn
by Levy, Shawn | PB | Acceptable
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A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the book cover but the book is still completely intact. The binding may be slightly damaged around the edges but it is still completely intact. May have some underlining and highlighting of text and some writing in the margins, but there are no missing pages or anything else that would compromise the readability or legibility of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780007171071
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0007171072
ISBN-13
9780007171071
eBay Product ID (ePID)
224476657
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Playboy : the High Life of Porfiro Rubirosa
Number of Pages
364 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Rich & Famous, Political, Historical
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
'An excellent, gossipy study...Levy has a kinetic prose style...Levy's luscious, shimmering and titillating portrait is there for the world' Sunday Times'[Shawn Levy] has a fascinating story to tell...This is undoubtedly a page turner' Mail on Sunday'Shawn Levy has brought all his customary energies to this study of Porfirio Rubirosa's life' Daily Telegraph'A swish, always interesting collection of barroom tales' Night and Day, Mail on Sunday'Levy is very thorough...This is a tale told with with great relish and style' GQ'The story of Rubirosa is lovingly investigated in every titillating detail in The Last Playboy' Scotsman'A superbly written account of the high life of a dead breed ... Levy's swinging narrative offers up a sharp portrait of a smooth man, an extinct species and a bygone world' The ListPraise for READY, STEADY, GO- 'Definitive ... a remarkable book. Levy succeeds in pinning down a volatile movement, constantly reinventing itself.' George Melly, Guardian- 'A strikingly accurate portrait of an astonishing few years when the world suddenly went from grey to technicolor.' Ray Connolly, Daily MailPraise for RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL- 'Scotch-on-the-rocks cool' Loaded- 'A compulsive account of five men with America in their pockets - and the money, power and sense to bleed every last moment of fun out of it. An immense book.' FHM
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
327.7293/0092 B
Synopsis
A scandalous story of money, drugs, fast cars, high politics, lowly crime, hundreds of beautiful woman and one man, Porfirio Rubirosa from the celebrated author of RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL., A scandalous story of money, drugs, fast cars, high politics, lowly crime, hundreds of beautiful woman and one man, Porfirio Rubirosa from the celebrated author of RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL. The Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubirosa died at 8:00 am on July 5, 1965, when he smashed his Ferrari into a tree in Paris. He was 56 years old and on his way home to his 28-year-old fifth wife, Odile Rodin, after a night's debauch in celebration of a victorious polo match. In the previous four decades, Rubirosa had on four separate occasions married one of the wealthiest women in the world, and had slept with hundreds of other women including Marilyn Monroe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ava Gardner, and Eva Peron. He had worked as aide-de-camp to one of the most vicious fascists the century ever knew. He had served as an ambassador to France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Argentina and Vichy. He had been a jewel thief, a forger, a shipping magnate, a treasure hunter. He had held his own with the world's most powerful and notorious men including John F. Kennedy, Josef Goebbels and Juan Peron. He ran comfortably celebrity circles, counting among his friends Frank Sinatra, Ted Kennedy, David Niven, Sammy Davis Jr., and fellow playboy Aly Khan. He lived for the moment and, at his death, faded without a legacy: no children, no fortune, no entity - financial, cultural, even architectural - that bore his name. There will never be anyone else like Porfiro Rubirosa. Indeed, the really amazing thing is that there ever was. Shawn Levy - celebrated author of RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL, and READY, STEADY, GO - has been given unique access to primary material including FBI and CIA files in his search for the last playboy.
LC Classification Number
F1938.5.R83
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