
Sir
Christopher Ondaatje (OC, CBE) Sri Lankan born Canadian-English
businessman, philanthropist, adventurer, writer (author of Hemingway in
Africa, Woolf in Ceylon and The Last Colonial), bob-sledding Olympian
for Canada and older brother of author Michael Ondaatje, continues with
his fortnightly series 'Literary Lives', with a close scrutiny of
Porfirio Rubirosa (1909-1965) - the Dominican diplomat, racing car
driver and polo player who is renowned for being the last international
playboy who led a jet-setting life and was famous for his sexual prowess
with women and was married to two of the richest women in the world,
with the revealing biography by American film critic and author Sahwn
Levy.
This is the concluding part of the two part
article.
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