Levy, Shawn   1961-  <br/><br/>
The last playboy :  the high life of Porfirio Rubirosa / 
Shawn Levy. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Fourth Estate,  c2005. 
 - 356 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-337) and index. 
<br/><br/> Porfirio Rubirosa was the last great playboy: a symbol of powerful masculinity, ubiquity, and easy-come-easy-go money. He had an eye for beautiful women, particularly when they came with great wealth: he managed to marry two of the richest women on the planet. Rumor had him bedding hundreds of others, including Christina Onassis, Eva Perón, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. But he was a man's man, too, chumming around with the likes of Joe Kennedy, Frank Sinatra, Oleg Cassini, Aly Khan, and King Farouk. When above-board income was scarce, he diverted himself with jewel-thievery, shadowy diplomatic errands, and any other illicit scam that came his way. Whatever legitimate power he wielded came to him from Rafael Trujillo, one of the most power-mad dictators the New World has ever seen. When Rubi died at the age of 56, wrapping his sports car around a tree, an era went with him.--From publisher description 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780007170593 (hc : alk. paper) 0007170599 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005045115 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Rubirosa, Porfirio,  1909-1965 <br/>Rubirosa, Porfirio, 1909-1965 --Relations with women.<br/>Rubirosa, Porfirio,  1909-1965  --Relaciones con mujeres
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Diplomats--Dominican Republic--Biography.<br/>Diplomáticos dominicanos --Biografías
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>118 F 1938.5  / R896L 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>327.7293/0092