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. But he could not escape the gangsters, and later he became deeply involved in the black market and then in slot-machine rackets.
Nevertheless, the driving force behind Danny’s actions was always his sustaining love for Nellie. In a story that is harsh and yet tender, realistic and yet compassionate, Mr. Robbins reveals what makes the Danny Fishers what they are.
HAROLD ROBBINS
has also written
NEVER LOVE A STRANGER
THE DREAM MERCHANTS
NEVER LEAVE ME
79 PARK AVENUE
THE CARPETBAGGERS
Copyright
© Harold Robbins 1990
First published in Great Britain 1990
This edition 2013
ISBN 978 0 7198 1022 0 (epub)
ISBN 978 0 7198 1023 7 (mobi)
ISBN 978 0 7198 1024 4 (pdf)
ISBN 978 0 7091 0836 8 (print)
Robert Hale Limited
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The right of Harold Robbins to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
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