Rob Ford -- the most ridiculed and scandal-ridden mayor -- is an international celebrity. When the photo of him smoking crack cocaine circulated, it was the icing on the cake. Ford, not just the favorite buffoon of late-night comics and journalists, was also a known alcoholic and the subject of legal, political, and police investigations -- stripped of his mayoral powers by Toronto's City Council and a subject in a murder investigation. Ford's former chief of staff Mark Towhey, who tried to wrangle Ford during his highly public meltdown, comes clean, filling in behind-the-scenes details and providing invaluable context. We go deep into Ford's personal life, including his addictions and his rivalry with his brother; we watch him as he runs Toronto; we overhear hair-raising late-night phone calls and see private, after-hours events. A fascinating portrait of twenty-first-century urban politics, as well as a character study of a larger-than-life personality, a mayor so colorful that he remains in office as a councillor and -- despite it all -- may one day become mayor again.