ABRAMOVICH, The Billionaire from Nowhere, the first biography of the Russian oligarch who bought Chelsea FC, was published on 4 October, 2004. Written by Dominic Midgley with Chris Hutchins, the bestselling biographer of the Duchess of York, the book is the most comprehensive look yet at Britain's richest man. It is published by HarperCollins' sporting imprint, Collins Willow.
THE Billionaire from Nowhere was Serialised by the Mail on Sunday newspaper and a camera crew from Sky Sports filmed the launch party at a Belgravia restaurant and interviewed the authors. The event was also covered by The Guardian and The Evening Standard but it was when The Sun ran a piece on page three under the headline, ‘Red Rom, The Musical’, that the book became the talk of Moscow.
Chris Hutchins had discussed turning the book into a musical with his friend Billy Gaff, former manager of Rod Stewart, and The Sun ran the story accompanied by a mock-up of a promotional poster with the title ‘The Show Moscow On’. It listed a number of wittily retitled old standards, including Putin On The Ritz, and proposed Darren Day to play Abramovich.
The story was picked up by the Russian Press, running on the front page of the Moscow Times, and Hutchins gave interviews to a stream of Moscow-based media outlets.
The revised and updated paperback edition of Abramovich - The Billionaire From Nowhere was released May, 2005 (Harper CollinsWillow, £7.99)
THE Billionaire from Nowhere was Serialised by the Mail on Sunday newspaper and a camera crew from Sky Sports filmed the launch party at a Belgravia restaurant and interviewed the authors. The event was also covered by The Guardian and The Evening Standard but it was when The Sun ran a piece on page three under the headline, ‘Red Rom, The Musical’, that the book became the talk of Moscow.
Chris Hutchins had discussed turning the book into a musical with his friend Billy Gaff, former manager of Rod Stewart, and The Sun ran the story accompanied by a mock-up of a promotional poster with the title ‘The Show Moscow On’. It listed a number of wittily retitled old standards, including Putin On The Ritz, and proposed Darren Day to play Abramovich.
The story was picked up by the Russian Press, running on the front page of the Moscow Times, and Hutchins gave interviews to a stream of Moscow-based media outlets.
The revised and updated paperback edition of Abramovich - The Billionaire From Nowhere was released May, 2005 (Harper CollinsWillow, £7.99)