This title was previously published as Uncommon YouthThe true account behind the glamorous life and tragic times of J. Paul Getty III, whose kidnapping made headlines in 1973, as seen in Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World and the FX series Trust by Danny BoyleJ. Paul ("Little Paul") Getty III, the grandson of Getty Oil founder J. Paul Getty, may have been cursed by money and privilege from the moment he was born. Falling in with the wrong people and practically abandoned by his famous family, Getty was a child of his international jet set era, moving from Marrakesh to Rome, nightclubs to well-appointed drug dens. His high-profile kidnapping defined the decade-and was permanently memorable for the ear that was mailed to his mother as evidence of the kidnappers' intentions.Kidnapped is richly reported, and includes many interviews with Getty himself conducted from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, that raise new angles about the case. How much did Getty acquiesce to the kidnappers? Why wouldn't his rich-as-Croesus grandfather pay the ransom, which began at the equivalent of $550,000 in lire and bulged to 3.6 million as the months dragged on? Charles Fox began following and researching this story since the days shortly after Getty's disappearance. Fox's writing captures the voices of models and maids, mistresses and mothers, carabinieri and club-owners, drug dealers and drivers, alongside the Getty family members themselves to paint an evocative portrait of an era and one of its most misunderstood participants.

CAST OF CHARACTERSGetty FamilyJ. Paul Getty III: (aka Paul, Little Paul, young Paul) Grandson to J. Paul GettyJ. Paul Getty: (aka Old Paul) Th e grandfather, the oil magnateJ. Paul Getty II: (aka Big Paul) Father to Little Paul, son to Old Paul Gail Harris Getty: (aka Gail Harris Jeffries) Mother to Little Paul, first wife to Big PaulMartine Zacher: Little Paul's girlfriend, and later wifeVictoria Brooke: Big Paul's mistress, and later third wifeTalitha Pol: Big Paul's second wife and Victoria's close friendGordon Getty: Big Paul's younger brotherSarah C. Getty: Old Paul's motherBalthazar Getty: Son of Little Paul and MartineTara Gabriel Galaxy Gramophone Getty: Son of Big Paul and TalithaThe Kidnappers: (Fifty, the Chipmunk, Piccolo, VB1, VB2)James Fletcher Chace: (aka Chace) Troubleshooter hired by Old Paul to investigate kidnapping of Little PaulGiovanni Iacovoni: Gail's Roman lawyerNicolette Meers: House keeper for Big Paul in MoroccoMarcello Crisi: Little Paul's best friend and roommate in RomeJutta Winkelmann: Martine Zacher's twin sisterOthersByron: Getty driver in LondonJerry Cherchio: Big Paul's friend and own er of the Luau Club in RomeCiambellone: The Roman coke dealer"Cockney Pauline": London LSD supplierD. O. Cozzi: Writer and social anthropologist, a San Francisco expatriate who has lived in Italy for fifty yearsEd Daley: Owner of World AirwaysGeorge d'Almeida: American in Rome, friend of Gail and Big PaulLuigi Della Ratta: (aka Lou) Gail's boyfriendDerek: Big Paul's London minderDerek: Old Paul's manservantDanielle Devret: Rome go-go dancer and sometimes girlfriend of Little PaulCapt. Martino Elisco: Commander of the carabinieri (one of Italy's two police forces), in LagonegroJack Forrester: Old Paul's best friendGeorge and Aileen Harris: Gail's parentsIovinella: squadra mobile (Rome police)Lang Jeffries: Gail's second husbandFiona Lewis: Victoria's close friend in LondonMartin McInnis: Family lawyer in San FranciscoMario: Big Paul's Roman chauffeur and minder, suspected of using the kidnapping to extort money, but nothing was provedDr. Fernando Masone: Head of squadra mobile (Rome police)Ann Rork: Big Paul and Gordon's mother, Old Paul's third wifeDado Ruspoli: Big Paul's friendLord Christopher Thynne: Social peer to Big Paul, Talitha, and VictoriaJack Zajac: American sculptor in Rome, friend of Gail and Big Paul