One of Britain's foremost media moguls -- in his own words.
From the age of five, when he helped his deaf father negotiate advertising contracts, Richard Desmond has always had an eye for business. In "The Real Deal "he offers a no-holds-barred account of an extraordinary career that has taken him from cloakroom attendant at a north London club to billionaire media owner. En route he tells of his early life as a rock and roll drummer, his first steps in the world of magazine publishing as a purveyor of leisure and top-shelf titles, and finally, after decades of paying his dues building...