Talking to Strangers: The Adventures of a Life Insurance Salesman
- ISBN-10
- 0955877164
- ISBN-13
- 9780955877162
- Series
- Talking to Strangers
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-05
- Author
- Peter Rosengard
Description
"I became a life insurance salesman in London in May 1969, for the glamour, the fast cars, the groupies... the beautiful women who'd stop at nothing to buy life insurance. It's a very well-kept secret." Thus begins Peter Rosengard's extraordinary account of his life so far, and the endless adventures in which he made, lost and remade a fortune; founded London's famous Comedy Store, discovered and managed some of the greats in stand-up comedy; turned an unknown boy band into a chart-topping sensation; and sold the world's biggest life insurance policy, for $100m, which is still celebrated by the Guinness Book of Records. This is a book about "chutzpah", testament to a simple belief that "nothing is impossible".
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