The Last Alpha Male: The Amorous Pursuits and High Life of a Poor Little Greek Boy - Hardcover

by Taki (Author)

The Last Alpha Male is the latest--and perhaps greatest--offering from Taki Theodoracopulos, the legendary Greek bon vivant, rake, and chronicler of 20th-century high society. Taki, our "Poor Little Greek Boy," recounts a life dedicated to beautiful women, adventure, relentless mischief, and bucking the petty, self-emasculating demands of political correctness. Born to privilege and trained early in the arts of charm and excess, Taki's irrepressible spirit has led him from Riviera soirées with Porfirio Rubirosa and Brigitte Bardot to battlefields, courtrooms, and sensuous nightclubs across the globe. Along the way, he hobnobbed with princes and presidents, outran husbands, scandalized feminists, and wrote about it all with his trademark wit and fearlessness as The Spectator's legendary High Life columnist. But beneath the tales of romantic conquest and misadventure, Taki weaves a sharp but nonetheless humorous commentary on today's joyless age of liberal scolds, conservative prudes, and fading masculinity. For newcomers, this memoir is the perfect introduction to the wit, charm, and unrepentant joie de vivre that has made Taki beloved (and infamous) for decades. Longtime fans will delight in fresh gossip, old grudges, and his playful settling of scores. The Last Alpha Male is Taki at his very best: bold, irreverent, insightful, and endlessly entertaining. If you believe life should be lived unapologetically, if you can imagine our stiff public figureheads "but different," pour yourself a drink, settle in, and let Taki remind you what we've all been missing.

Author Biography

Born in Greece in 1936 and educated in America, Taki Theodoracopulos began his career as an international tennis player before finding his true calling as a writer. For nearly five decades, his celebrated High Life column in The Spectator has offered readers an insider's look at the worlds of politics, culture, and high society. Taki co-founded The American Conservative with Pat Buchanan in 2002, and later founded Taki's Magazine in 2007. In addition to writing for The Spectator, he has been a regular contributor for National Review, Vanity Fair, and Esquire ("when they were still good"). He lives in New York and Gstaad, and is the author of several books, including his latest memoir, The Last Alpha Male.