THE BETSY

by Harold Robbins ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 30, 1971

Could this be the off year of Harold Robbins? Certainly it's the same Harold Robbins although the sex scenes are more outrageous than they ever were (or that you remember their ever being) and the champagne lavage of The Carpetbaggers was a ritual of refinement compared to the ""Bathe me in it"" episode here. Anyway, on with a dynaflow dynastic account of Bethlehem Motors and the new car, the Betsy, which Loren I is launching and Loren III will attempt to block -- all told through intercessor Angelo Perino, a former racer who is a macho to all women. Loren I was quite a stud too and had something going with Loren II's wife, Sally, fathered her second child, and was believed -- by her son -- to be responsible for his father's suicide. This tracks back and forth through the generations and just as the Betsy stands for Loren III's daughter, everything else is so interchangeably juiced up that you have to remind yourself that when Robbins is talking about a ""two hour trick"" or ""exceeds emission levels"" he's really referring to motors.

Pub Date: Nov. 30, 1971

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Trident

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1971

Categories: FICTION