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Harold Robbins (1916–1997)

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Harold Robbins was born in New York City on May 21, 1916. He later claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys' home, but in reality he was raised in Brooklyn by his father and stepmother. He made his first million at the age of twenty by selling sugar for wholesale trade. vis mere By the beginning of World War II, he lost all his fortunes. He eventually moved to Hollywood and worked for Universal Pictures. His first book, Never Love a Stranger, was published in 1948. He began writing full time in 1957. He published more than 20 books during his lifetime including The Dream Merchants (1949), The Betsy (1971), The Storyteller (1982), and The Carpetbaggers (1961). His novel, A Stone for Danny Fisher (1951), was adapted into a 1958 motion picture King Creole starring Elvis Presley. He died from respiratory heart failure on October 14, 1997 at the age of 81. Since his death, several new books have been published, written by ghostwriters and based on his notes and unfinished stories. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

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Værker af Harold Robbins

De ubændige (1961) 561 eksemplarer
Betsy : historien om en bil (1971) 311 eksemplarer
The Adventurers (1966) 306 eksemplarer
Nådeløse verden (1951) 305 eksemplarer
Verden venter på dig (1955) 302 eksemplarer
Farvel, Janette (1981) 257 eksemplarer
Piraten (1974) 249 eksemplarer
The Dream Merchants (1949) 241 eksemplarer
Descent from Xanadu (1984) 226 eksemplarer
JeriLee (1976) 223 eksemplarer
Spellbinder (1982) 220 eksemplarer
Never Love a Stranger (1948) 216 eksemplarer
Memories of Another Day (1979) 203 eksemplarer
Dreams Die First (1977) 199 eksemplarer
Stiletten (1960) 183 eksemplarer
The Piranhas (1986) 175 eksemplarer
Kærlighedens karrusel (1962) 174 eksemplarer
The Inheritors (1969) 163 eksemplarer
The Storyteller (1985) 151 eksemplarer
Never Leave Me (1953) 149 eksemplarer
The Predators (1998) 147 eksemplarer
The Raiders (1995) 143 eksemplarer
Mediemagnaten (1997) 123 eksemplarer
The Stallion (1996) 108 eksemplarer
The Secret (2000) 104 eksemplarer
Sin City (2002) 66 eksemplarer
Heat of Passion (2003) 62 eksemplarer
Never Enough (2001) 59 eksemplarer
Blood Royal (2005) 48 eksemplarer
The Betrayers (2004) 38 eksemplarer
The Devil To Pay (2006) 30 eksemplarer
The Looters (2007) 22 eksemplarer
The Deceivers (2008) 20 eksemplarer
The Curse (2011) 15 eksemplarer
The Shroud (2009) 14 eksemplarer
The Betsy [1978 film] (1999) — Original novel — 11 eksemplarer
Verden er min fjende, bind 2 (1992) 3 eksemplarer
Seikkailijat (1974) 3 eksemplarer
AVENTUREROS - LOS. PRIMERA PARTE (1987) 2 eksemplarer
Hollywood 2 eksemplarer
Caçadores, Os (1998) 2 eksemplarer
Nunca é Demais (2003) 2 eksemplarer
Verden er min fjende, bind 1 (1992) 2 eksemplarer
Os libertinos (Vol. 2) 2 eksemplarer
Die Wilden Die Gnadenlosen (1994) 1 eksemplar
OS ESTUPRADORES 1 eksemplar
O INDOMÁVEL 1 eksemplar
JESUS POR AMOR 1 eksemplar
Os Ambiciosos 1 eksemplar
O Escritor Livro 1 1 eksemplar
The Lonelt Lady 1 eksemplar
הפירט 1 eksemplar
Descent from Zanadu 1 eksemplar
Apartment 69 1 eksemplar
Adventurers, The 1 eksemplar
Ljubezen s tujcem 1 eksemplar
O Calor da Paixão 1 eksemplar
O Segredo (2000) 1 eksemplar
Os Estrupadores 1 eksemplar
Los Herederos (1974) 1 eksemplar
I Worked for Lucky Luciano (1954) 1 eksemplar
1994 1 eksemplar
YALNIZ SENINIM 1 eksemplar
O Indomável 1 eksemplar
Piranhas Livro 1 (1992) 1 eksemplar
Os Implacáveis 1 eksemplar
Lehtikuningas (1978) 1 eksemplar
De droommachine (1996) 1 eksemplar
Glimmer (1986) 1 eksemplar
O MAGNATA (1997) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Victory (2003) — Bidragyder — 84 eksemplarer
Victory: Into the Fire (2004) — Bidragyder — 34 eksemplarer
Nevada Smith [1966 film] (1966) — Original novel — 18 eksemplarer
The Carpetbaggers [1964 film] (2003) — Original novel — 9 eksemplarer
The Lonely Lady [1983 film] (2017) — Original novel — 2 eksemplarer

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Damn quick read. Has all the rawness that Harold Robbins is known.
one line summary: Joe Crown, coming out of nowhere, fucks his way to glory in Hollywood and then becomes a celebrated novelist.
 
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harishwriter | 4 andre anmeldelser | Oct 12, 2023 |
Humdinger of a novel.
Loosely based on Howard Hughes life and therefore it revolves around aviation and Hollywood.

This one is Harold Robbins' first novel. Raw power.
 
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harishwriter | 11 andre anmeldelser | Oct 12, 2023 |
"La Gran Depresión dará vuelta la vida de la familia Fisher como un guante. Forzados a abandonar la casa, los Fisher se hacinan en el Lower East Side y la larga infancia de Danny llega a un final abrupto. Rodeado de vecinos hostiles, pronto aprende que deberá pelear tanto fuera como dentro del ring para sobrevivir.
Sus cualidades deportivas pronto llaman la atención del submundo del boxeo y Danny se aleja de su padre cuando decide ser un boxeador profesional. Se adentra en un mundo que está al borde de la ley, siempre con la esperanza de recuperar la mítica casa de Brooklyn.
Rodeado de listillos y mafiosos, de prostitutas solitarias en busca de consuelo y sostenido por Nellie, la chica que se niega a darlo por perdido, Danny ve cómo la vida se le escapa de las manos mientras otros toman decisiones por él. Cuando se planta, las consecuencias serán terribles.
Esta es la tragedia de un hombre corriente, el recordatorio de la facilidad con la que pueden perderse la estabilidad y las certezas.
Contada por el mismo Danny desde la tumba durante una visita de su familia al cementerio, el guijarro del título se refiere a la costumbre judía de dejar una piedra común sobre la sepultura de sus muertos a modo de testimonio. La novela más conmovedora de Harold Robbins.
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Natt90 | Apr 21, 2023 |

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