Do not resuscitate : the life and afterlife of Maurice Saatchi / Maurice Saatchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saatchi, Maurice Nathan, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saatchi, Maurice Nathan, 1946-.

Saatchi, Maurice Nathan.

Advertisers--England.

Advertisers.

Heaven.

Trials in literature.

Future life.

Grief.

England.

Physical Description:

127 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm

Other Title:

DNR

Place of Publication:

London : ERIS, [2022]

Summary:

"Maurice Saatchi is dead. He is standing in front of the Gates of Heaven. Arrival halls worse than Heathrow Airport. Queues. Overcrowding. A tidal wave of Paradise seekers. ID scans. Voice and facial recognition. X-ray examinations. Background checks. It all seems like a bad dream. His tests expose abnormalities. He is charged with multiple breaches of immigration law and detained pending a full jury trial. The verdict will reveal the biggest secret of all time: why some people go to Heaven and others to Hell. Do Not Resuscitate is a bold statement. 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 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. In seeking admission to Heaven, Saatchi offers a defence like no other"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Welcome to the Gates of Heaven

Where we separate the wheat from the chaff

Have you told us everything?

A word on process

There only two distinct types of humans

And finally

We've been expecting you

What will I have to do?

A jury of one's peers

You asked for this

A second chance

A damning indictment

The trial

A most heartfelt plea

Ode to Jospehine Hart

A hopeless retort

Verdict, and beyond the infinite.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781912475599

1912475596

9781912475711

1912475715

OCLC:

1346943747