- Imprint: Black Swan
- ISBN: 9780552771894
- Length: 352 pages
- Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 129mm
- Weight: 246g
- Price: £15.99
The White Island
Format:
Buy the book from:
The White Island is, and always has been, a magnet for hedonists. Its history reads like a history of pleasure itself. It is also a story of invasions and migrations, of artists and conmen, of drop-outs and love-ins.
The Carthaginians established a cult to their goddess of sex there, and named the island after Bez, their god of dance. Roman centurions in need of a bit of down time between campaigns would go to Ibiza to get their kicks. And over the centuries, cultures around the Med have used the island either as a playground or a dump for the kind of people who didn't quite fit in back home, but who you'd probably quite like to meet at a party...
This is the history of Ibiza, the fantasy island, framed by one long, golden summer where anything can happen - and it usually does.
The Carthaginians established a cult to their goddess of sex there, and named the island after Bez, their god of dance. Roman centurions in need of a bit of down time between campaigns would go to Ibiza to get their kicks. And over the centuries, cultures around the Med have used the island either as a playground or a dump for the kind of people who didn't quite fit in back home, but who you'd probably quite like to meet at a party...
This is the history of Ibiza, the fantasy island, framed by one long, golden summer where anything can happen - and it usually does.
Details
All editions
- Paperback 2005
- Ebook 2012