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Chronicle of a high flier

Book review of 'Flying High: My Story from AirAsia to QPR'

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Shailesh Dobhal
Flying High
My Story from AirAsia to QPR
Tony Fernandes
Portfolio Penguin
244 pages; Rs 699

Tony Fernandes must be one of the luckiest men alive. How many of us can think of achieving even one dream one had as a kid? As a boarder in a public school in 1970s Britain, young Anthony had three dreams — he loved sport, music and aeroplanes.

Since leaving Epsom College in Surrey, Mr Fernandes has headed a global music business (Warner Music) and partied with the biggest pop stars in the world. He bought a struggling English soccer club, Queen Park Rangers, and helped it reach the English