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Nothing to declare

Taki Theodoracopulos

1991216 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1991
first published
  • 1991Atlantic Monthly Press · 216 pages · ENGISBN 9780871134349

World-class athlete, playboy, war correspondent, heir to a Greek shipping fortune, Taki has over the last three decades moved among the rich, the powerful, the titled, and the clebrated in London, New York, Gstaad, the Riviera -- wherever fun or stimulation was to be had. But in 1984, while passing through Heathrow Airport, Taki was arrested for posssession of cocaine and summarily sent to jail. Nothing to Declare is the hilarious and surprisingly wise account of the three months Taki spent in prison, a story filled with perilous day-to-day events as well as his reflections on teh glamourous life he has led -- Publisher's description.

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