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To mark the tenth anniversary of his death, for the first time here is the extraordinary story of Harold Robbins, the blockbuster novelist whose rollercoaster life exceeded
the far-out plots of his compulsive novels.
Harold Robbins, the godfather of the airport novel pulsating with sex and glamour, 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
His legion of fans included Pablo Picasso, Mario Puzo, James Baldwin, Jackie Collins, Sidney Sheldon and Camille Paglia
In his lifetime, his book sales exceeded 750 million
He was as much a part of the sexual and social revolution as the Pill, Playboy and pot
Responsible for the whole new genre of commercial publishing, unintentionally Harold Robbins spawned the careers of writers such as Jacqueline Susann, Judith Krantz and Shirley Conran
The world’s first playboy writer, he reportedly frittered away $50 million on fast cars, loose women and high living
Obsessed with fame and fortune, Harold Robbins was a deeply complex and often controversial man. A constant master of self-invention, even his closest friends and lovers could only guess at the past of the man behind the perma-tanned mask and gigantic mirrored sunglasses.
ISBN - 0747592659/ 9780747592655
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Pages : 320
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