《OIL SHEIKHS》

Prologue1

History:571 and all that3

Illustrations7

Exchange Rates8

London9

Cbronology9

Acknowledgements 　11

London for saleGreat sheikhsArab feverThe name of the gameA taste for itThe black sheikhs of the familyThey also serveThe Arabs are comingSaudi Arabia43

A town called Alice in WonderlandThe gilt complexThe factoryAll the king's menA pride of princesA real geezerClimbing on the Bandar waggonPity the poor princessesThe rise of the meritocratsFalling in with the set'You know what Imean?'Banking on a war-h145

Playing happy familiesEmerald isle browned offThe blonde in the desert'We're not rich,you know'But can you bank on it?Jaded pieces ⅠJaded pieces ⅡKuwait　179

The men who came in from the coldSinging the bluesThe Sellers marketThe odd couplesWays and meansNo exitCrows and peacocksThe thoroughly modern SabahA day in CairoThe thoroughly exceptional SabahNights and knights Gatherings at the country clubThe loner239

Nutty present,dotty pastBoredom by the sea Down toward the pirate coastHome with the wives Royal flushThe day disaster struckFrom bad to worseSomething old,something newSomething borrowed,something blueEpilogue275

Index281