The Carpetbaggers: The All-time Greatest Novel of Power, Greed, Money and Corruption

by HaroldRobbins (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.53

  Jonas Conrad inherited his father's fortune, his cunning - and his beautiful wife. Rina Marlow's lush sexuality made her a movie goddess, but together or apart they loved, fought and schemed in an all-out bid for success.

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  Attacked, damned, praised and read around the world, THE CARPETBAGGERS was first published in 1961 and shelved high enough that the kids couldn't get their hands on it. Set in the aviation industry and Hollywood in the 1930s, it is said the lead protaganist Jonas Cord is based on Bill Lear and Howard Hughes. It is the original sex and money blockbuster: a cracking story driven relentlessly forward by the sheer power and boldness of Robbins' writing.