79 Park Avenue

by Harold Robbins

Book Overview

Maryann Flood hade k?nt fler m?n ?n hon kunde minnas och n?gra f? som hon aldrig skulle gl?mma. Styvfadern som sl?ngt ut henne p? gatan. Miljon?ren som varit villig att betala vilket pris som helst... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671417185
• ISBN13: 9780671417185
• Release Date: September 1980
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.

Customer Reviews

79 Park Avenue

I read 79 Park Av. long time ago. And although I read many others since (also by Robbins), I still think it is one of the best books I've ever read. And certainly, one of the best of Robbins. No wonder it made it into the tv miniseries. I quite liked how Robbins described the characters and their relationships. The plot is good, so real as the life comes at them with full strenght, putting them through lots of struggle, pain, but also through passion and love. On the other hand, he had still used enough of imagination in storytelling to keep you focused all the way through. If you like Robbins' books, you will love this one.

THE POWERS THAT BE

Call girl Marja's involvement in a well-publicized murder case turns her already topsy-turvy life into speedzone. Author Harold Robbins goes through the mesirable life of this woman with a fine-tooth comb and succeeds in delivering a humanized portrait of a lost soul who's personal and professional havocs push her to the limits of self-destruction. Her path to there is a no holds barred, gritty contemporary read that is destined to become a one sitting read.-----Martin Boucher

coming of age book for a majority of the 60's youth.

Story line is following the complicated life of a hooker in the NYC redlight district (Murry Hill neighborhood has changed considerably.) I read this book 35 years ago. I was only 15 and I had to read it a paragraph at a time as I sneaked it out from under my brother's mattress. Spell bound and eyes gluded to the pages, I made it to the end. Thus, my first experience with a truly erotic story. I later found out that EVERYONE had or eventually would read this book. It had only been out about 9 years at that time (1970) and had already shaped -- or rather open the eyes of American Youth more than the Kinsey Report. This book is a classic (even though purists may label it trash.) It is well written, sensitive and highly erotic, even compared with today's explicit standards. I recommond it to anyone wanting to enjoy a good read or delve into the history of what helped cause a generation to change it's intire code of morals in one direction while moveing ethics in the opposite. It is books like this; aimed at the masses - that move people to revolution, change, and growth.

terrific!

is one of the best books I ever read. I think is wonderful, sorry that is discontinue, I don't understand it.

AMAZING BOOK THAT'LL KEEP YOU READING TILL THE END!!!

Fantastically written book with many twists and turns and an AMAZING surprise ending. I agree with the "READER FROM HOUSTON", I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE A MOVIE OF THIS ONE!!!