Tropez, from the showrooms of Manhattan to the runways of Paris, Goodbye, Janette is a hypnotically gripping, mythic family saga of the power of blood to bind, to oppress, and finally to set free. Today his ability to create an unstoppable, mesmeric tale - someone famously said about him, "In Harold's books, the pages turn your fingers" - pushes him to the front ranks of pop novelists as new generations discover his awesome power.Įpic and intimate, moving from the icy nighttime streets of the Nazi occupation to the decadent beaches of St. The creator of erotic and ferocious turbocharged narratives of the soul-stricken rich and famous, Harold Robbins was in his day a close runner-up to Shakespeare and the Bible in numbers of books sold. Goodbye, Janette is a late masterpiece by Harold Robbins, America's most commercially successful and era-defining author of pulp fiction. And both daughters have a date with destiny in a vault filled with Nazi easure that will alter the courses of both their lives. Another daughter seeks to flee the toxic legacy of her family and live in peace. A daughter honors her mother's ultimate sacrifice - by becoming a ruthless businesswoman who will stop at nothing to raise high her family's name. A dynasty of women triumphs in the fiercely male-dominated world of high fashion amid the ruins of war.
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