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Jet-setter and columnist Taki tells how a three-month imprisonment for cocaine possession interrupted his ``life of relentless privilege'' in this enjoyable story of high and low life.
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In 1984, Taki--Greek shipping fortune heir, jet setter, and journalist--was arrested at Heathrow Airport for possession of cocaine and sentenced to a three-month jail term in a notorious English prison. In what could easily be retitled "Confessions of the Rich and Famous," he presents a diary mixing the horrors of incarceration with anecdotal reflections on his past and enough name-dropping and dirt-dishing for any fan of his "High Life" column in the London Spectator . Throughout, he even offers hints of remorse and repentance for a decadent lifestyle. Taki's chatty pacing is lively, his digressions are amusing, and the characters he describes are memorable, all amounting to an enjoyable, nontaxing read for a general audience.
- David Nudo, New York
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Jet-setter and columnist Taki tells how a three-month imprisonment for cocaine possession interrupted his ``life of relentless privilege'' in this enjoyable story of high and low life.
Copyright 1992 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In 1984, Taki--Greek shipping fortune heir, jet setter, and journalist--was arrested at Heathrow Airport for possession of cocaine and sentenced to a three-month jail term in a notorious English prison. In what could easily be retitled "Confessions of the Rich and Famous," he presents a diary mixing the horrors of incarceration with anecdotal reflections on his past and enough name-dropping and dirt-dishing for any fan of his "High Life" column in the London Spectator . Throughout, he even offers hints of remorse and repentance for a decadent lifestyle. Taki's chatty pacing is lively, his digressions are amusing, and the characters he describes are memorable, all amounting to an enjoyable, nontaxing read for a general audience.
- David Nudo, New York
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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