Harold Robbins: The Man Who Invented Sex - Couverture souple

Wilson, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747593795 ISBN 13 : 9780747593799

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008

Synopsis

Harold Robbins, the godfather of the airport novel, changed the face of publishing with classics such as "The Carpetbaggers", "The Dream Merchants" and "The Lonely Lady". His readers loved his steamy tales of money, soft porn, drugs, corruption, greed and, just sometimes, redemption. The world's first playboy writer, Robbins reportedly frittered away $50 million on fast cars, loose women and high living. But obsessed with fame and fortune, Robbins was a deeply complex and often controversial man, and even his closest friends and lovers could only guess at the past of the man behind the perma-tanned mask and gigantic mirrored sunglasses. This is the fascinating story of his extraordinary life.

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À propos de l?auteur

Andrew Wilson remembers secretly reading Harold Robbins as a teenager, and has spoken to many friends, lovers and enemies of this most provocative of writers. Wilson's other books are the award-winning Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith, and the novel The Lying Tongue.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747593795
• ISBN 13: 9780747593799
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible