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Classical in form, unpretentious, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Harold Robbins
- First published
- 1961
- Pages
- 679
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster, Mondadori, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
- Editions
- 33
- Language
- German, Italian, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780671811501
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First sentence
“THE SUN WAS BEGINNING TO FALL FROM THE SKY INTO the white Nevada desert as Reno came up beneath me.”
About Harold Robbins · 1916–1997
Harold Rubin (Harold Francis Rubin) wrote his novels under the name of Harold Robbins.
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