| Here, in a marvellously gripping andrewarding novel, is the story of the tycoonswho created and built the motion pictureindustry- not in Hollywood but in New YorkCity at the turn of the century.In particular, it is the story of Max Britsky -born in the East Side ghetto of New York,penniless - and of his struggle to surviveand to conquer the world he had entered.It is also the story of the woman he married,of love and hate, of fraud and financialpiracy and infighting, of loyalty and betrayal.In other words, it is just the kind of tale youwould expect from one of the master story-tellers of our time. It is not a book to be putdown easily. Once you enter the world ofNew York at the turn of the century, theworld of Rector s and Delmonico s andBoss Murphy of Tammany Hall andMonk Eastman, that king of hoodlums, youwill partake of a wonderfully rewarding feast.And you will welcome Max Britsky into theworld of literary immortals. Like Dan Lavetteof San Francisco, the hero of Howard Fast sThe Immigrants, Max Britsky is a man forall seasons, and you will live with him,laugh with him, and weep with him.The story told in this novel, the story of thecreation of the film industry, an industry thatchanged the world, has never been told infiction. It is one of the great stories of thetwentieth century, narrated here by a manwho is one of the most widely readnovelists of the twentieth century. It is thebest, the most fulfilled, of all Howard Fast snovels. |
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