Tycoon
by Harold Robbins
Taste attributes: dramaromanceunsavouryheavyrealisticemotive & stirringtroubled leadsself destruction/implosionrags to riches
Boxlist takeA weighty novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Jack Lear is a predator driven by unbridled ambition. He makes a great fortune as a pioneering radio and television broadcaster, founds a network, and marries two beautiful socialites, but despite his conquests he continues to hunger for what he cannot have - the social respectability of old money.
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- Author
- Harold Robbins
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 424
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- Open Library
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