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Harold Robbins

by Andrew Wilson
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During his fifty-year career Harold Robbins, the godfather of the airport novel, sold approximately 750 million copies of his books worldwide. His seventh novel, The Carpetbaggers, a steamy tale of sex, greed, and corruption loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes, is the fourth-most-read book in history. As decadent as his fiction was, however, his life was just as profligate. Over the course of his five-decade career, Robbins spent money as quickly as he earned it, reportedly wasting away $50 million on everything from booze and drugs to yachts and prostitutes. Based on extensive interviews with family members and friends, including Larry Flynt and Barbara Eden, Harold Robbins examines the remarkable life of the man who gave birth to the cult of the modern bestseller and introduced sex to the American marketplace. A sizzling, sexy biography of the blockbuster author whose life of excess was as racy as one of his own novels. Andrew Wilson is the author of Beautiful Shadow, which won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical Biography. He lives in London.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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  • Release date: January 15, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781608196586
  • Release date: January 15, 2011

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  • ISBN: 9781608196586
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  • Release date: January 15, 2011
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Biography & Autobiography History Performing Arts Nonfiction

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During his fifty-year career Harold Robbins, the godfather of the airport novel, sold approximately 750 million copies of his books worldwide. His seventh novel, The Carpetbaggers, a steamy tale of sex, greed, and corruption loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes, is the fourth-most-read book in history. As decadent as his fiction was, however, his life was just as profligate. Over the course of his five-decade career, Robbins spent money as quickly as he earned it, reportedly wasting away $50 million on everything from booze and drugs to yachts and prostitutes. Based on extensive interviews with family members and friends, including Larry Flynt and Barbara Eden, Harold Robbins examines the remarkable life of the man who gave birth to the cult of the modern bestseller and introduced sex to the American marketplace. A sizzling, sexy biography of the blockbuster author whose life of excess was as racy as one of his own novels. Andrew Wilson is the author of Beautiful Shadow, which won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical Biography. He lives in London.

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Biography & Autobiography History Performing Arts Nonfiction