Book description
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.
Stephen Armstrong writes for
The Sunday Times
,
Time Out
,
Wallpaper*
and
Men's Health
. He also contributes to Radio 4's
Front Row
whenever they let him. In the past he has, like all young men, wanted
to be a pilot, played in a band and thought about building bridges in
Third World villages. He has also promoted one or two genuinely
disastrous club nights. This is his first book.
