"A terrific story about a fascinating character." - John Malkovich
"Shawn Levy has written more than a good book--this is an irresistible read. Hollywood will soon come knocking." - Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History and Director of the Roosevelt Center at Rulane University
"Journalist Shawn Levy's frothy, dishy, elegant and oh-so-fun biography not only resuscitates Rubi; it fleshes out the fascinatingly baroque political and social worlds in which he operated. . . . Levy found the perfect combination of Paris Hilton and James Bond. The result is pop history at its most swashbuckling, and it's striking a chord." - Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers
"Fascinating . . . A compulsive read. Shawn Levy is one of our best popular culture journalist-historians." - Lewis MacAdams, author of Birth of the Cool: Beat, Bebop and the American Avant Garde
"Levy goes beyond the glitz to see Rubirosa as a product of a particular time and place...a perfect tribute." - Publishers Weekly
"A compelling piece of social history...written in a breezy style perfectly suitable for conjuring Rubirosa's seductive personality." - Booklist
"As Shawn Levy amply documents in his bubbly, breathless and appropriately inconsequential biography, Rubirosa worked hard at having fun." - New York Times
"A fitting elegy for a forgotten boldfaced name and a thoughtful study of mid-20th-century Pan-American politics." - Entertainment Weekly

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Pub date: 2006-10-31

Length: 384 pages