Do Not Resuscitate - The Life and Afterlife of Maurice Saatchi (DNR)

Maurice Saatchi writes an unsparing self-portrait of his celestial trial in which his application to pass through the Gates of Heaven is heard before a jury featuring luminaries like Marilyn Monroe, Pablo Picasso, Chairman Mao, and Margaret Thatcher.

About the author

Maurice Saatchi graduated from the London School of Economics, where he won the MacMillan Prize for Sociology. He went on to become a Governor of LSE. During his time in advertising he transformed the industry, taking Saatchi & Saatchi from an eleven-staff company to being the biggest agency globally. He worked with Margaret Thatcher and John Major on four consecutive General Election victories. In 1996 he entered the House of Lords, and later became Shadow Minister for the Treasury and the Cabinet Office. He became Co-Chairman of the UK Conservative Party, and Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies. His campaigning efforts in Parliament led to the passage of the 2016 Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Act.

Summary

Maurice Saatchi, a towering figure in the worlds of business and politics, frames his unsparing self-portrait with the conceit of a celestial trial in which he must defend his application to pass through the Gates of Heaven.

Product details

• Authors: Maurice Saatchi
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2024
• EAN: 9781912475711
• ISBN: 978-1-912475-71-1
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Afterlife & Reincarnation, Memoirs, political, Politics & government, Politics and government, The afterlife, reincarnation and past lives, The afterlife, reincarnation & past lives, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs