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The Stallion
  
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The Stallion [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

by Harold Robbins (Author), Jeff Harding (Narrator)
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Twenty-five years ago, The Betsy, Robbins's bestselling novel about the auto industry, marked the beginning of the author's glory years as the king of commercial fiction. After the success of such titles as The Lonely Lady and Dreams Die First, a subsequent string of tired potboilers (The Piranhas, etc.) saw Robbins's sales skid. Now, in an energetic attempt to reverse that trend, the author has begun to write sequels to his best-known books: first The Raiders, which followed up The Carpetbaggers, and now this robust son of The Betsy, which mimics all the personal vendettas, steamy sex and complex plotting?as well as cardboard characters?of the original. It's 1972, and tyrannical auto tycoon Loren Hardeman has just fired the brilliant Italian-American racecar driver and auto designer, Angelo Perino, despite the fact that Angelo saved the company from being taken over by Hardeman's sinister grandson, Loren III. In revenge for Angelo's interference, Loren III has had the man beaten almost to death by thugs. Now the recuperating Angelo marries the bisexual Cindy, a test driver-turned-art dealer, and vows to even the score by taking the business away from the ruthless Hardemans. The international art world, the Japanese impact on the auto industry and a blood feud provide a fascinating global web of subplots in bedchambers and boardrooms as Robbins spins his lascivious, melodramatic tale. While this novel may not be the powerhouse The Betsy was, it has wheels and is a worthy successor. Doubleday Book Club alternate selection.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


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Perennial best seller Robbins gallups up with a sequel to The Betsy.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Good Read, Aoû 3 2000
This review is from: The Stallion (Mass Market Paperback)
As a long time fan of Harold Robbins, I've read most of his more popular novels, but not The Betsy, which is the precursor to The Stallion. However, one not need have read the former to understand what is going on in the latter. The Stallion is vintage Harold Robbins, and IMO, one of his best stories. I couldnt help but wonder whether the XB electric car in the story was a case of art imitating life or vice versa. Whichever you choose, it was a fascinating insight into the world of sports cars.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Wheelers and Dealers, Mars 26 1999
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This review is from: The Stallion (Mass Market Paperback)
Harold Robbins' sequel to the lukewarm THE BETSY brings back Angelo Perino and the gang for yet another multitude romps in the hay as they all use one another for the benefit of money and power in the automobile business.

Robbins paint-by-the-numbers storyline doesn't miss a beat : lesbianism, sadomasochism, nymphomania, orgies, it's all there-- once again ! Yet, the author succeeds in making the story works. His auto industry's wheelings and dealings are a fun read, especially the making of the first electric car, the XB 000. One can't help but wonder when fiction stops and reality takes over. As for the characters, well, as we all know, Robbins is no Proust. His Angelo character is no different than his other characters in his 24 books. Macho, good looking, well-endow, a master in his field as well as in the bedroom...

Still, THE STALLION is a fun read. It is not one of Robbins best (NEVER LOVE A STRANGER,THE CARPETBAGGERS, THE LONELY LADY, 79 PARK AVENUE) and not his worst (THE DREAM MERCHANTS). It's more on the lukewarm side-- just like its prequel.

M. Boucher

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