An evening celebrating the launch of Taki’s memoir

A high time was had by all to celebrate Taki Theodoracopulos – The Spectator’s legendary High Life columnist – at the launch of his memoir The Last Alpha Male in New York.

Taki wrote his weekly column for 46 years, thrilling and beguiling Spectator readers with tales of glamorous escapades and misadventures across 20th century high society. In his long-awaited memoir, he traces his steps from his native Greece to battlefields, courtrooms and ballrooms across the globe; recounting a life dedicated to beautiful women, adventure, relentless mischief and bucking the petty, emasculating demands of political correctness.

As written on the dust jacket: “The Last Alpha Male is Taki at his best: bold, irreverent, insightful and endlessly entertaining. If you believe life should be lived unapologetically, pour yourself a drink, settle in, and let Taki remind you what we’ve all been missing.”

Friends of the author and Spectator subscribers chatted and drank the night away at Ella Funt, receiving copies of the latest Spectator and signed copies of Taki’s book. Guests included writers Douglas Murray, Harry Stein and Steven M.L. Aronson, film producer Michael Mailer, editors Lachlan Cartwright and Magdalena Taylor, publisher Jonathan Keeperman, artist Inga Khurieva, photographer Jonathan Becker, entrepreneur Rick De Vos, musician Jackson Scott and The Spectator’s Zack Christenson and Ben Clerkin.

Before heading into a balmy NYC night with his beloved wife, Alexandra, Taki gave a speech, thanking those present and toasting his literary heroes: Hemingway, Fitzgerald and his late friend Norman Mailer. Then – ever the gentleman – he tried to pick up everyone’s bar tab, before discovering it had already been settled by his publisher Passage Publishing. A high time indeed.