A Stone for Danny Fisher

Robbins, Harold

ISBN 10: 0792749219 ISBN 13: 9780792749219

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2007

Synopsis

Born into a family of modest means and respectability, Danny Fisher was gradually driven downward into the world of crime, racketeering, and poverty. His bitterness, his homesickness over the loss of the house in Brooklyn that was given to him for his eighth birthday, and his feud with his harsh father, pulled him one way; his natural decency and his love for a sweet Italian girl, Nellie Petito, pulled him another. Danny was a boxer-a sensational amateur and potential champion-and he might have gone straight had the fight promoters not tried to exert pressure. Nevertheless, the driving force behind Danny's actions was always his sustaining love for Nellie. In a story that is realistic and yet compassionate, Harold Robbins reveals what makes the Danny Fishers what they are.

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"A lusty, vital tale."

-- "The New York Times"

"A lusty, vital tale."

-- "The New York Times"

"A lusty, vital tale."

-- "The New York Times"

"Robbins grabs the reader and doesn't let go."

-- "Publishers Weekly"

"A lusty, vital tale."

-- "The New York Times"

"Robbins grabs the reader and doesn't let go."
-- "Publishers Weekly"

"A lusty, vital tale."
-- "The New York Times"

"Robbins grabs the reader and doesn't let go."
-- Publishers Weekly

"A lusty, vital tale."
-- The New York Times

"Robbins grabs the reader and doesn't let go."

-- Publishers Weekly

"A lusty, vital tale."

-- The New York Times

"Robbins's books are packed with action, sustained by a strong narrative drive, and given vitality by his own colorful life."

-- The Wall Street Journal

About the Author

Harold Robbins was born in 1915 in New York's Hell's Kitchen. He wrote twenty-three novels, as well as numerous film and television scripts. A bestselling novelist for over half a century, his novels have sold over 500 million copies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackstone Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792749219
• ISBN 13: 9780792749219
• Binding: MP3 CD