From the glorious Alexandrian court life to behind the scenes of Australia's high society, this is a tantalising story of an exotic childhood and a life lived to the full. Lorenzo Montesini's candid autobiography lays bare his flamboyant, cosmopolitan life in Australia and abroad and speaks honestly of his affairs of the heart - the great love of his life found amid the macho madness of the Vietnam war, and the frenzy that erupted around him and Primrose Dunlop, daughter of one of Australia's most powerful families. My Life and Other Misdemeanours is a glittering, unexpected and ultimately moving true story of loves lost and found, of the highs and lows of society, and of the memories that make one whole.
"Lorenzo Montesini does for Australia's high society what Tom Wolfe did for New York's in The Bonfire of the Vanities."
Phillip Adams
