Master of the Game

Best known today for his exciting blockbuster novels, Sidney Sheldon is the author of The Best Laid Plans, Nothing Lasts Forever, The Stars Shine Down, The Doomsday Conspiracy, Memories of Midnight, The Sands of Time, Windmills of the Gods, If Tomorrow Comes, Master of the Game, Rage of Angels, Bloodline, A Stranger in the Mirror, and The Other Side of Midnight. Almost all have been number-one international bestsellers. His first book, The Naked Face, was acclaimed by the New York Times as "the best first mystery of the year" and received an Edgar Award. Most of his novels have become major feature films or TV miniseries, and there are more than 275 million copies of his books in print throughout the world. Before he became a novelist, Sidney Sheldon had already won a Tony Award for Broadway's Redhead and an Academy Award for The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. He has written the screenplays for twenty-three motion pictures, including Easter Parade (with Judy Garland) and Annie Get Your Gun. In addition, he penned six other Broadway hits and created three long-running television series, including Hart to Hart and I Dream of Jeannie, which he also produced. A writer who has delighted millions with his award-winning plays, movies, novels, and television shows, Sidney Sheldon reigns as one of the most popular storytellers of all time.

出版者:Grand Central Publishing

作者:Sidney Sheldon

页数:496

出版时间:1988-7

价格:USD 7.99

装帧:Mass Market Paperback

isbn号码:9780446355452

图书标签:SidneySheldon英文原版小说西德尼·谢尔顿英文美国文学美国英语

Review

"Compulsively readable...Any writer who can get his audience to ask breathlessly, 'What next?' needs no help from this or any other envious reviewer".

-- New York Times Book Review

From the Back Cover

WHO IS KATE BLACKWELL?

She is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned. And she's a survivor, indomitable as her father, the man who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the bleak South African earth. Now, celebrating her ninetieth birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved: the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil -- her winnings in life. Is she the...

MASTER OF THE GAME?

用户评价

下上，this boook almost kiledl me , anyway i have been get rid of it . it's a long story about four generations. After reading this book ,i am so tired . I am tired of this fucking murky world!

听过，不如rage of angels。故事还算紧凑，打发时间挺好，毕竟以我目前的听力水平，运动过程中，太严肃的也听不明白。分了几个篇章。除了开篇是穷小子的奋斗史，后面都可以说是控制狂是如何毁掉几代人。

一个关于励志曾祖，控制狂祖母，受害疯父亲和一双天使与魔鬼女儿的故事。Jamie篇最惨但其实最真诚好看。大片化并不是问题，但似乎Sidney Sheldon的故事过渡都略显突兀。if tomorrow comes从基督山突转偷天换日，这部从开头的励志剧到后半部突入的暴力重口最后再转成侦探片也是够古怪的。但最重要的是觉得这个故事不大走心。

听过，不如rage of angels。故事还算紧凑，打发时间挺好，毕竟以我目前的听力水平，运动过程中，太严肃的也听不明白。分了几个篇章。除了开篇是穷小子的奋斗史，后面都可以说是控制狂是如何毁掉几代人。

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