The Story
Rob Fordthe most ridiculed and scandalridden mayoris an international celebrity. When the photo of him smoking crack cocaine circulated, garnering billions of hits, it was the icing on the cake. Ford, not just the favorite buffoon of latenight comics and journalists, was also a known alcoholic and the subject of legal, political, and police investigationsstripped of his mayoral powers by Torontos City Council and a star subject in a murder investigation.Here for the first time, Fords former chief of staff Mark Towhey, who tried to wrangle Ford during his highly public meltdown, comes clean, filling in incredible behindthescenes details previously unknown and providing invaluable context. With this highly anticipated and muchtalkedabout tellall, we go deep into Fords personal life, including his addictions and his rivalry with his brother; we watch him as he runs Toronto; we overhear hairraising latenight phone calls and see private, afterhours events; and we also get the muchgossipedabout but littleknown account of Towheys desperate struggle to protect the mayor from himself.This juicy read is, like Ford, political candy, but it doesnt expose Ford for the sake of ridiculeit empathizes with him and explains him. It provides a fascinating portrait of twentyfirstcentury urban politics, as well as a character study of a largerthanlife personality, a mayor so colorful that he remains in office as a councillor anddespite it allmay one day become mayor again.
Description
Rob Fordthe most ridiculed and scandalridden mayoris an international celebrity. When the photo of him smoking crack cocaine circulated, garnering billions of hits, it was the icing on the cake. Ford, not just the favorite buffoon of latenight comics and journalists, was also a known alcoholic and the subject of legal, political, and police investigationsstripped of his mayoral powers by Torontos City Council and a star subject in a murder investigation.Here for the first time, Fords former chief of staff Mark Towhey, who tried to wrangle Ford during his highly public meltdown, comes clean, filling in incredible behindthescenes details previously unknown and providing invaluable context. With this highly anticipated and muchtalkedabout tellall, we go deep into Fords personal life, including his addictions and his rivalry with his brother; we watch him as he runs Toronto; we overhear hairraising latenight phone calls and see private, afterhours events; and we also get the muchgossipedabout but littleknown account of Towheys desperate struggle to protect the mayor from himself.This juicy read is, like Ford, political candy, but it doesnt expose Ford for the sake of ridiculeit empathizes with him and explains him. It provides a fascinating portrait of twentyfirstcentury urban politics, as well as a character study of a largerthanlife personality, a mayor so colorful that he remains in office as a councillor anddespite it allmay one day become mayor again.
