Me Cheeta

Cheeta tells it all‚ a life lived with the stars‚ a monkey stolen from deepest Africa forced to make a living in the fake jungles of Hollywood. He tells us too of his journey beyond the screen: his struggle with drink and addiction to cigars; his breakthrough with a radical new form of abstract painting‚ 'Apeism' his touching relationship with his retired nightclub−performing grandson Jeeta‚ now a considerable artist in his own right; his fondness for hamburgers and his battle in later life with diabetes; and‚ through thick and thin‚ carer Dan Westfall‚ his loving companion who has helped this magnificent monkey come to terms with his peculiar past. Funny‚ moving‚ searingly honest‚ Cheeta transports us back to a lost Hollywood. He is a real star‚ and this the greatest celebrity memoir of recent times. -- Publisher details.