Mayor Rob Ford: Uncontrollable: How I Tried to Help the World's Most Notorious Mayor

Towhey, Mark; Schneller, Johanna

ISBN 10: 1634500423 / ISBN 13: 9781634500425

Published by Skyhorse Publishing, U.S.A., 2015

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BRAND NEW UNREAD COPY - just a hint of shopwear otherwise pristine. From the publisher:" In February 2013, Toronto?s former mayor, Rob Ford, was caught on video smoking crack cocaine. Weeks later, he was accused of groping a campaign rival; had to leave a gala for being too intoxicated; and was fired as the coach of a high school football team. The events were part of a stream of Rob Ford ?mishaps,? which include a DUI; accusations of domestic violence; a trial where the Toronto City Council stripped him of his powers; even accusations of murder. Through it all, Ford?s former chief of staff, Mark Towhey, stood by his side. Towhey was part of Ford?s inner circle; he?d joined Ford?s mayoral campaign in 2010 and quickly became one of his closest advisors. He responded to media questions regarding Ford?s drug and alcohol additions, his anger management problems, and, of course, the video of Ford smoking crack. In May 2013, Mark Towhey had a confidential conversation with Ford. Much speculations has been about this conversation, but thus far, the public only knows two words from that conversation; Towhey told Ford to ?get help.? They also know what happened next, Towhey was fired. In Mayor Rob Ford: Uncontrollable, Towhey recounts the conversation and shares what Ford was like behind the scenes. This is a candid insider account of working with Ford, covering for him, respecting his strengths, and managing his weaknesses. It will release after Ford has dropped out of the mayoral election, as he battles health problems".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mayor Rob Ford: Uncontrollable: How I Tried to Help the World's Most Notorious Mayor
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1634500423
• ISBN 13: 9781634500425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • .Biography - Autobiography

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Synopsis

Rob Ford—the most ridiculed and scandal-ridden mayor—is 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 late-night comics and journalists, was also a known alcoholic and the subject of legal, political, and police investigations—stripped of his mayoral powers by Toronto’s City Council and a star subject in a murder investigation.

Here for the first time, Ford’s former chief of staff Mark Towhey, who tried to wrangle Ford during his highly public meltdown, comes clean, filling in incredible behind-the-scenes details previously unknown and providing invaluable context. With this highly anticipated and much-talked-about tell-all, we go deep into Ford’s personal life, including his addictions and his rivalry with his brother; we watch him as he runs Toronto; we overhear hair-raising late-night phone calls and see private, after-hours events; and we also get the much-gossiped-about but little-known account of Towhey’s desperate struggle to protect the mayor from himself.

This juicy read is, like Ford, political candy, but it doesn’t expose Ford for the sake of ridicule—it empathizes with him and explains him. It provides a fascinating portrait of twenty-first-century urban politics, as well as a character study of a larger-than-life personality, a mayor so colorful that he remains in office as a councillor and—despite it all—may one day become mayor again.

About the Author

Mark Towhey served as senior adviser and, later, chief of staff to Rob Ford from 2010 to 2013, helping to run North America’s fourth-largest city, with fifty-three thousand employees and a $13 billion budget. Prior to working with Ford, Towhey was an esteemed management consultant for clients around the world, and today he works for Ballacaine Strategy & Execution. He also hosts a popular weekly radio program and was the executive director of Patrick Brown’s recent successful political campaign.

Johanna Schneller is one of North America’s leading freelance journalists specializing in entertainment features, a screenwriter, and the former host of TVOntario’s film series Saturday Night at the Movies. She was a senior writer for GQ and has had cover stories in magazines such as InStyle, Premiere, Vanity Fair, Ladies’ Home Journal, and More. Currently, she writes the weekly Fame Game column in the Globe and Mail.