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Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots Hardback - 2006

by Peter York; Foreword by Douglas Coupland

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Welcome to the fabulous lifestyles of the cruel and despotic. Running with the idea that our homes are where we are truly ourselves, Peter York's wildly original and scathingly funny look at the interior decorating tastes of some of history's most alarming dictators proves that absolute power corrupts absolutely, right down to the drapes. Mining rare, jaw-dropping photographs of interiors now mostly (thankfully) destroyed, York's hilarious profiles of 16 inner sanctums of the scary leaves no endangered tiger pelt unturned, from Saddam Hussein's creepy private art collection to General Noriega's Christmas tree to the strange tube and knob contraption in the Ceausescu bathroom. All your favorite dictators are here: Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Tito, Mussolini, Mobutu, Idi Amin, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos--each with their own uniquely frightful chic. An interior decorating book like no other, Dictator Style is a welcome tonic for a world in need of a good laugh at the expense of the all-powerful.

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This rather narrow boudoir is actually the presidential train of Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico from 1877 to 1911 and the first leader to be widely termed 'Dictator'.

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  • Title Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots
  • Author Peter York; Foreword by Douglas Coupland
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 132
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
  • Publication date April 27, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780811853149 / 0811853144
  • Weight 1.46 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.75 x 8 x 0.63 in (24.77 x 20.32 x 1.60 cm)
  • Category House & Home
  • Library of Congress subjects Interior decoration, Dictators - Homes and haunts
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011280933
  • Dewey Decimal Code 747

About the author

Peter York is an internationally renowned author, broadcaster, journalist, and style guru. A columnist for the Independent on Sunday (U.K.) and GQ, he lives in London.

Douglas Coupland is the author of ten novels and numerous books on popular culture. A regular contributor to the New York Times, New Republic, and Artforum, he lives in Vancouver.

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