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At one gilded moment in history, his fame was so great that he was known the world over by his nickname alone: Rubi. Pop songs were written about him. Women whom he had never met offered to leave their husbands for him. He had an eye for feminine beauty, particularly when it came with great wealth: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Eva Perón, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. But he was a man's man as well, polo player and race-car driver, chumming around with the likes of Joe Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Oleg Cassini, Aly Khan, and King Farouk. He was also a jewel thief, and an intimate of one of the world's most bloodthirsty dictators. And when he died at the age of fifty-six—wrapping his sports car around a tree in the Bois de Boulogne—a glamorous era of white dinner jackets at El Morocco and celebrity for its own sake died along with him.
He was one of a kind, the last of his breed. And in The Last Playboy, author Shawn Levy brings the giddy, hedonistic, and utterly remarkable story of Porfirio Rubirosa to glorious Technicolor life.
- Sales Rank: #182293 in Books
- Brand: Levy, Shawn
- Published on: 2006-10-31
- Released on: 2006-10-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .87" w x 5.31" l, .72 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 384 pages
Review
“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 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)
“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)
About the Author
Shawn Levy is the film critic of The Oregonian and the author of the critically acclaimed cultural histories Rat Pack Confidential and Ready, Steady, Go!; and King of Comedy, a biography of Jerry Lewis. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Most helpful customer reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Great Reading! In depth look at a colorful and historic life
By Mr. Randall C. F. Croes
I am a former foreign student in the Dominican Republic where I got to learn the name "Rubirosa", linked to large peppermils in chique restaurants on the Malecon and the pubs of the then (80's) newly renovated Colonial Center. I also heard his name in equestrian circles with acclaim for his introduction of the sport of Polo to the now largest Polo playing country in the Caribbean.
Curiously the new generation in the Dominican Republic and elsewhere know little of him but when an older generation is asked about him, a smile is the first thing to apear on their lips before an anecdote or a recall of one of his memorable deeds (or scandal) is to be told. Most of the time these stories are connected to fast times,headlines and the high life, despite lacking a fortune, commercial enterprise of significance or a scientific mind.
Nevertheless making headlines by his own merits and decisions (marriages) and of those around him.
This book is an improvement over previous biographies made in the 70's and 80's, among others Palbo Clase Hijo's book, that I bought 20 years ago as a present for an uncle who was a contemporary and admirer of Rubi.
This book is great fun to read and brings very well into perspective the details of Dominican political life under Trujillo's dictatorship and the international impact that it brought upon the region and Rubi's pivotal role in the softening of the ugly face of the regime. Reason for his love-hate relationship with the Trujillo family and the political 'intelligentsia' around them, such as Joaquin Balaguer (6-time president).
In this aspect Rubi had historical impact and records do not offer much reliable evidence to give credit to it, but in high stakes of international politics, personal relations, phone calls and small favors to key persons (intermediaries) can change history.
I recommend this book to anyone who admires celebrities and light subjects for entertaining reading. They can make comparisons on the life of celebrities between today and yeasteryear (not much has changed!).
Many a bachelor would like to have, at least for a some time, the kind of life experience that Rubi got out of his relatively short stay on this earth and a hell of a time it was!
The book does justice, historically, to a man that lived life intensively and with great love and loyalty to his friends, a great party companion, which made him an important and long-time confidant, intimate friend and acquaintance of many of those with economic and political power on both sides of the Atlantic and also the Magreb.
These characteristics are not highlighted too much in the book but can be interpreted to through the lines and is part of the things to be learned from the book and the life of Rubirosa.
This is what makes the great difference between Rbirosa and many other born-rich playboys that bought most of their goodies and many a 'friend' with the funds of their pockets.
On the contrary, most socialites and even wives had Rubi's company at their expense!
I definitely recommend reading and keeping or as a gift.
Randall Croes
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
A page turner of a bio, and an interesting man
By jose_monkey_org
I just finished The Last Playboy on my winter vacation, I found it to be a fabulous read. The writing is clear and pretty even, although Levy does sometimes dip into gossip-like quips from time to time that aren't useful. The material appears to be well researched and presented clearly, with facts labeled as such, speculation and insights also clearly labeled. I do not know if there are any errors, but I don't think this should be taken as an authoritative bio by any means.
Few people live such thrilling lives, and Levy takes you along for the ride. You can almost sense the author's face as Rubirosa himself changes as he grows older and more depraved at times. There's a sensitivity that is found in some of the best biographies, and insights that are to be expected.
If you're looking for a good, fast read about the fabulous lifestyle of a playboy, this is one you should be reading. Someone should definitely look at making a movie about this guy and his times.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
The great biographer Shawn Levy does his best with subject matter not nearly as good as in his best bio, "Rat Pack Confidential"
By Amazon Customer
Worth reading for its surprisingly enjoyable and historically textured first half describing the rise of a probably now mostly forgotten Porfirio Rubirosa, the most professional and best known playboy from the small island nation of the Dominican Republic during the US's age of glamor post WWII. The most interesting aspect of this story is Rubirosa's early status as son-in-law to one of the most dreadful dictators of the 20th century, Rafael Trujillo. Shawn Levy does a masterful job of drawing rich but succinct character portraits, including that of the much chronicled Trujillo, to create an ensemble drama around this earlier period of Rubirosa's life that is necessary when one's primary subject is too shallow to hold the stage on his own for the book's duration. While Rubirosa comes across as a more refined and much less ruthless person than one would imagine given that he was an aggressive social climber gigolo, his charm can only come across so much whatever Levy's literary skills. Furthermore, while he seemed to have struck a fair bargain for his attentions with a stronger character like the heiress Doris Duke, his marriage to the vulnerable Barbara Hutton during a waning financial period in his life is mostly a simple episode of sleazy exploitation one comes into the book expecting. By the time Rubi leaves dies at the end, we've had enough of him.
Levy deserves the highest praise not only for paying careful attention to rendering the times a person lives in as a key to their character and life, but also for the elan and subtle humor he demonstrates in confronting salacious details, e.g. Rubi's famously large endowment, without being crass. Another of his books on swinging 60s London is also very good but uneven due to the subject matter being of varying degrees of interest for me, but a truly great writer with the right material as with Frank and the boys in the Ratpack.
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