- Hardcover: 679 pages
- Publisher: Buccaneer Books (December 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1568491417
- ISBN-13: 978-1568491417
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 14.9 x 4.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 953 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,732,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
Review
"Robbins dialogue is moving . . . his people have the warmth of life."--The New York Times
"Robbins's books are packed with action, sustained by a strong narrative drive, and are given vitality by his own colorful life." The Wall Street Journal
"Robbins's books are packed with action, sustained by a strong narrative drive, and are given vitality by his own colorful life." The Wall Street Journal
Product Description
In The Carpetbaggers, Harold sweeps through a passionate world of ambition, struggle and desire, where only the most courageous would ever succeed! Jonas Cord inherited his father's fortune, his cunning - and his beautiful young wife. Rina Marlow's lush sexuality made her a movie goddess who inflamed the world, but her private life was an erotic nightmare of countless men and women lovers. Together and apart, they loved, fought and schemed in an age when America was swelling with prosperity and power. From New York to California, from aeronautics to the silver screen, they risked their fortunes, their hearts and their lives in an allout bid for success. But their darkest, most forbidden secrets could not be washed away - and only newer and more daring dreams could keep them at the top!
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Zenith Of A "Writing Machine" Author's Career.,
By ntnrocket (Las Vegas, NV, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Carpetbaggers (Hardcover)
Harold Robbins has written numerous books, almost too many to count. If one follows his career cronologically, beginning with a Stone For Danny Fischer and ending with the posthumously 'subsititute author' written Sin City, one can almost trace Robbins' improving talent/success leading to his increasingly heavy drug use and finally see the work suffer as he cranked out bools faster and faster to keep up on his income tax back-payments. The Carpetbaggers was written at the point in the man's life just after he hit his true stride as an author and just before his cocaine madness sabotaged his work. If you've never read a Harold Robbins book, do yourself a favor and read The Carpetbaggers first. Even though the racey passages seem campy now, the story is just as good as it was in the early 1960's when the book was first released.
4.0 out of 5 stars
100,000,000 People Can't Be Wrong,
By J. L Chapman (North Hills, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Carpetbaggers (Hardcover)
Forty years later and this novel is still a MUST READ! However. I wish that Harold had taken this book and split it into two. Although Hollywood failed to capture the magic when they separated the tales, the books could've been sequels--- going from Max Sands' boyhood story to Jonas Cord Jr.'s boyhood story and then the sequel would pick up when Jonas Sr. dies and we're off to the skies of Hollywood. But great literature always leaves you wanting more. The characters are veiled reproductions to be sure . . . Howard Hughes, Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe . . . but unlike in Carter Beats the Devil--- that does the same thing by re-writing Houdini--- Robbins makes his characters and plot interesting enough that you forgive him for copy catting. This is a fascinating story told by a master storyteller who's own life story would certainly make a great book. If you're ready for a fresh perspective on Hollywood of old---filled with the scintilating erotica that Harold Robbins got us hooked on--- check out Olde Hollywood by Thorne Peters who not only picks up where Robbins leaves off, but keeps on going to find his own tawdry realm.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The classics get better with age,
By Rina Jenkins (Evergreen, CO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The CARPETBAGGERS (Mass Market Paperback)
Until I read Hollywoodland Kingpin, I thought this was the most profane book of them all and my favorite. The Jonas Cord/ Howard Hughes character is one we grudgingly respect because their accomplishments are so vast. The multi-stories that merge weave an exciting tapestry and must have been difficult to put together even for the talented Mr. Robbins--- Hollywood Babylon meets Zane Gray. It is too bad that none of the several movies that have been extrapolated from this book have ever captured the glory that was written. This is a book that sooner or later everyone should read. It represents the change in the literary paradigm that has given the paperback world its direction for the last 40 years.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Want to see more reviews on this item?
|
Most recent customer reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
