| A Stone for Danny Fisher Lib/E Contributor(s): Robbins, Harold (Author), Leggett, Charles (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792748891 ISBN-13: 9780792748892 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $51.26 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: August 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Robbins, Harold: - Harold Robbins (1916-1997) was a bestselling author whose novels about sex, money, and power were scorned by critics but loved by readers. His most notable books include Never Love a Stranger, The Carpetbaggers, and The Betsy. Several of his novels were made into movies, including A Stone for Danny Fisher, which became the film King Creole, starring Elvis Presley. Leggett, Charles: -Charles Leggett, AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, is based in Seattle where he works onstage at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, ACT, and Seattle Shakespeare Company, among many others. His voice work is also featured in the first two Dungeon Siege video games as well as in Hoyle's Casino Empire. |