Product Description

George Jacobs is generally considered 'the last of the Rat Pack', a member of the exclusive club that has fascinated us for decades. He worked as Sinatra's valet and confidant from 1953, when Ava Gardner had just left him, until the end of his marriage to Mia Farrow in 1968. Racy and revealing, "Mr S" is a record of one of the longest and most outrageous mid-life crises ever as George helped Sinatra juggle his multiple mistresses - women like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Grace Kelly and Peggy Lee. And it wasn't just women: Hollywood stars and Mafia bosses, the Kennedys and European royalty all have a part to play in Frank's glory years. But above all, there was the Rat Pack who accepted George as one of their own. Dean Martin tried his comedy routines out on him and Peter Lawford did his drugs in front of him. "Mr S" gives an insider's view of the highs and lows of life with the Rat Pack - the spectacle, the sex, the unrecounted brawls, violence, tensions and hatreds among the revellers at the wildest moveable feast of the century.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #464092 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Q Magazine, June 2003
Juicy tidbits concerning the Mob, Marilyn, the Kennedys and other cool stuff Robbie Williams can but dream of.

About the Author
After leaving Sinatra George Jacobs worked for Steve McQueen, George Hamilton and Bill Cosby before settling down in Palm Springs and becoming a carpenter. William Stadiem is an award-winning writer whose previous books includes the international bestseller Marilyn Monroe Confidential.

Customer Reviews

it's a koo koo world...
If you think Frank Sinatra was a God, then this is probably not the book for you, as your illusions may be shattered. If, however, you feel he was a flawed person who got lucky through his connections with you-know-who, then this book will serve to confirm what you already thought. George Jacobs remains very polite to his former employer throughout, whilst managing to let us read between the lines... the starlets, the money, Dean, Sammy, JFK, Bobby K, Ava... they're all in there. Perhaps the most revealing is the stuff on Mr S's relationship with Mia Farrow, not so much from Frank's point of view, but from Mia's... you knew it was a mis-match, but just how much??
Students of the life and times of the Hoboken Nightingale would also do well to check out Shaun Levy's 'Rat Pack Confidential' and the excellent HBO DVD 'The Rat Pack', which confirms everything in this book.
Nicely written, and very readable, but leaves you wanting more more 'dirt'.

A MUST for Sinatra fans
This book is a must for all Sinatra fans. An honest and insightful account of life with Sinatra by the person who was most close to him for 12/13 years. This book shows some great photographs including some lovely personal shots of Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe that I had never seen before. A really excellent read, you will not want to put it down.

The good ,the bad and the ugly
The Good- Great account of Sinatra's jet set life style and the other Stars he knew and their relationship to him.

The Bad- Not enough disclosure on the authour himself, he seems like an interesting guy in his own right and I wanted to know more about him.

The Ugly- The frequent accounts of Frank and his Rat pack buddies
sleeping with prostitutes,one paragraph descibing this would have
been enough for me.