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The Official Filthy Rich Handbook
How the Other .0001% Live
It's looking like another banner year for America's moneyed over-class, the lucky .0001 percent sitting on $30 million-plus in liquid assets.
But sadly, most of the newcomers joining their ranks are simply not prepared to make the decisions that come with having it all. Unsure about everything--butler or majordomo? St. Tropez or St. Thomas?--the...more
It's looking like another banner year for America's moneyed over-class, the lucky .0001 percent sitting on $30 million-plus in liquid assets.
But sadly, most of the newcomers joining their ranks are simply not prepared to make the decisions that come with having it all. Unsure about everything--butler or majordomo? St. Tropez or St. Thomas?--the...more
Paperback, 247 pages
Published
June 19th 2008
by Workman Publishing
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It's interesting - the more time I spend at college, the more I become convinced that the best career move I could ever make would be to marry a Russian billionaire and live out the rest of my days as a well-educated trophy wife. One of my friends, knowing this about me, gave me this book for my birthday with the advice to study it religiously.
Amusing and eye-opening, this little book induces eye-rolls and disgusted head-shaking more often than genuine laughs (the section on childrearing ...more
Amusing and eye-opening, this little book induces eye-rolls and disgusted head-shaking more often than genuine laughs (the section on childrearing ...more
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Hilarious. A cousin of the Official Preppy Handbook from the 1980s. It makes you shake your head in wonder at the excess surrounding the "filthy rich", and for those of us whose jobs require crossing paths with the lifestyle disected in this book, it makes you nod your head in agreement with the pciture that is painted. The section on children and education was a particular favorite.
Very amusing and quick read. If you're a vanity fair reader and like to read about how the richest of the rich live, this one is for you. Warning: it's a handbook not a book.
Fun read! A good resource, too, for what really is the uber rich lifestyle. Lots to learn, but also lots of laughs!
A funny, tongue-in-cheek look at the lives of the upper crust.
A fun read, but dated by now.
This is hysterical! I read it in two days. Definitely fun reading!
A dissapointment. I was excited to get my hands on this book after I read a Boston Globe article that featured the author. It's just the kind of book you flip through at the bookstore and toss back on the shelf.
funny but not funny enough to carry a whole book.
I thought this was very funny and entertaining, but a bit inaccurate on some of the pricing estimations of luxury goods. The author is certainly someone who knows the in's and out's of upper class society!
Obviously based on The Official Preppy Handbook and thus a bit derivative, this is still pretty funny, and as far as I can tell (not being filthy rich myself) accurate.
Funny and sarcastic! A good read if you want something to laugh at.
Inspired by The Official Preppy Handbook of yore; very humorous.
Mildly entertaining.
Probably best taken with a grain of salt.
Probably best taken with a grain of salt.
Not only my bro's work, but a very witty, hilarious book.
A favorite of my friend, Erica... very tongue in cheek...
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