It was a real page turner and I would recommend it to anyone including people that are not fans of Ibiza.

Grace Jones is left to contradict his version of events without him getting pissy or argumentative about it.

He'd become a successful male model and the face of Winston cigarettes, owned a lot of boats and sailed them all over the place – nearly dying on one occasion. Dubbed the Hugh Hefner of Ibiza, Tony Pikes created a celebrity paradise, which was visited by the likes of Freddie Mercury, George Michael, Kylie Minogue, Julio Iglesias, and more. Recent releases through the Portobello Novella Series have included chick lits ‘DJ Whore’ and ‘DJ Wags: Housewives of House’, both by Jaqi Loye-Brown.

It is at this point in which he decides that the white island is where he wants to settle down and set about building his very own private paradise, much of it with his own hands and sweat.Despite being written in a somewhat clunky, basic way, and being peppered with crude references told in Tony’s own words, this book is endlessly intriguing. maybe he had a better relationship than what the book led on, but he sounded like a horrible deadbeat dad. ciò, yu se un bel personaggio, se queo che faceva i drink nel video de club tropicana, un gran simpaticon ma el iera anche un fio de na bona donna, el gaveva sempre voia de ciavar e tutte quee che ghe capitava a tiro le impeniva senza pietà ma ancha i omeni che non pensè. The books enjoyable and not a taxing read - you get the sense that some things are glossed over with not enough detail for me and I think I was hoping for a more robust dissection of Tony Pikes character and what made him tick rather than a book of anecdotes but none the less, it was an entertaining read and I would recommend for anyone with an interest in celebrity culture and hedonism.

He bought and sold an island, owned a marina on the Cote d’Azur and had been pals with far eastern royalty. After shooting Wham’s Club Tropicana video by Pikes’s pool George became one of many globally-recognisable regular faces. I’m always interested in stories like this and there are some truly brilliant anecdotes in here (and some shocking ones too). I don’t think Mr Pike is telling the complete truth about how he made his money but this is definitely worth a listen.I always had a decent sort with me, but that wasn’t an extra cost, I always counted the girls within the running costs.

This resulted in seeing his little finca go ballistic when it was used as the backdrop for Wham’s 'Club Tropicana' video and became the blueprint for the boutique hotel explosion that Studio 54’s Ian Schrager gets the credit for. Ibiza legend who founded legendary celeb hangout Pikes Ibiza and helped turn island into party paradise. Sharon interviews longstanding Ransom Note contributor and friend Victoria 'Drama' Saunders ahead of a special fundraiser in her name after a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Personally I’d have preferred to sacrifice hearing about some of Tony’s pre-Ibiza escapades to have more of the book given over to additional wild tales from Pikes. Anyone with an interest in the White Isle and its colourful characters will find this story fascinating.

he sounded like women were more important than his children and he discarded them when it wasn't at his convenience, but that's just what you get from the story.