Wilson started chapters off with his own attempt at a Robbins-esque style which I found grating. The writing itself started off incredibly weak, meandering widely and trying to make a point (poorly made,) about Robbins penchant for lying about his childhood. I've never read such a middlingly written biography, about a pretty disgusting person, that left me so inspired. 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.more 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.
As decadent as his fiction was, however, his life was just as profligate. 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.
His seventh novel, The Carpetbaggers, a steamy tale of sex, greed, and corruption loosely based on the life of Howard Hu A sizzling, sexy biography of the blockbuster author whose life of excess was as racy as one of his own novels.ĭuring his fifty-year career Harold Robbins, the godfather of the airport novel, sold approximately 750 million copies of his books worldwide. During his fifty-year career Harold Robbins, the godfather of the airport novel, sold approximately 750 million copies of his books worldwide.
A sizzling, sexy biography of the blockbuster author whose life of excess was as racy as one of his own novels.
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