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Dictators' Homes: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colourful Despots (Paperback)

by Peter York (Author), Douglas Coupland (Author)

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Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Atlantic Books; New edition edition (12 Oct 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1843545578
ISBN-13: 978-1843545576
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 19.4 x 1.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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"'A special edition of Hello magazine as it might be published in Hell - a Through the Keyhole from the seventh circle of Dante's Inferno.' Michael Bracewell, Frieze 'Superbly arch... York is on vintage form in Dictators' Homes' GQ 'A hugely entertaining, and alarming, glimpse into the private lives and homes of the most powerful people on earth.' Independent 'Crammed with historical interest and amusing details.' Daily Telegraph 'This highly original book is morbidly fascinating... a coffee table book with a difference.' Glamour 'A perfect example of a post-modern coffee-table book.' Financial Times 'Fascinating' Vogue, 'Irresistible' Spectator 'Sinisterly sumptuous' Tatler"

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lives and homes of the most powerful people on earth.'

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant tour through the minds of little men with far too much power, 29 May 2008

By	C. D. G. Stross "Charlie Stross" (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Your typical dictator lacks the fashion sense of a Peter York or the ironic analytical detachment of a Douglas Coupland -- and it shows. This lush photographic guide to a dozen dictator's palaces provides a unique insight into the domestic desires -- or lack thereof -- of these powerful and ruthless (but frequently ill-educated and ignorant) men. Given the almost unlimited resources at their disposal, how do they choose to live, and what do their domestic surroundings tell us about them, as people? York and Coupland set out to answer this question, and the results are nothing if not surprising.

(NB: readers of a delicate disposition might wish to skip rapidly past the discussion of Nicola and Elena Ceaucescu's bathroom habits, which were, to say the least, rather peculiar.)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Duplication, 13 Jan 2007

By	D. S. Edgley (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Dictators' Homes: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colourful Despots (Hardcover)

I would advise against buying both Dictator's Homes and Dictator's style. Despite the different titles, they share the same text and photographs. It is almost as if the authors and publishers are bunch of greedy crooks. The set made a poor Christmas present.

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