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Madison Dupre
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Medison Dupre je stručnjak za umetnine i nastoji da izgradi uspešnu karijeru u Njujorku. Kada se jednog dana začuje kucanje na njenim vratima, momak koji isporučuje hranu iz obližnjeg tajlandskog restorana doneće joj nešto potpuno neočekivano – dragoceni artefakt iz drevnih hramova u Kambodži. Pre nego što Medison stigne da utvrdi vrednost predmeta, momak nestaje bez traga, a ona se upušta u nezaboravnu avanturu koja će je odvesti sve do Hong Konga i Pnom Pena – ozloglašene prestonice greha na Dalekom istoku.
Pod prismotrom policije i osumnjičena za krađu umetnine neprocenjive vrednosti koja se obrela kod nje, Medison je prinuđena da otkrije rešenje zagonetke i nadmudri pljačkaše drevnog hrama, za koje je ubistvo samo deo igre. U pomoć će joj priteći kršni Rus, u čijem zagrljaju će pronaći sigurnost ali i neslućena zadovoljstva, kao i princ iz Kambodže, koji će joj otkriti tajne zavođenja i erotike kakve čak ni slobodoumna Medison nije mogla da zamisli.
Međutim, koliko daleko je Medison spremna da ide i kakve žrtve je spremna da podnese kako bi sačuvala ne samo dragocene umetnine, već i sopstveni život?
Pod prismotrom policije i osumnjičena za krađu umetnine neprocenjive vrednosti koja se obrela kod nje, Medison je prinuđena da otkrije rešenje zagonetke i nadmudri pljačkaše drevnog hrama, za koje je ubistvo samo deo igre. U pomoć će joj priteći kršni Rus, u čijem zagrljaju će pronaći sigurnost ali i neslućena zadovoljstva, kao i princ iz Kambodže, koji će joj otkriti tajne zavođenja i erotike kakve čak ni slobodoumna Medison nije mogla da zamisli.
Međutim, koliko daleko je Medison spremna da ide i kakve žrtve je spremna da podnese kako bi sačuvala ne samo dragocene umetnine, već i sopstveni život?
360 pages, Paperback
First published September 16, 2008
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About the author
Harold Robbins
319 books437 followersBorn as Harold Rubin in New York City, he later claimed to be a Jewish orphan who had been raised in a Catholic boys home. In reality he was the son of well-educated Russian and Polish immigrants. He was reared by his pharmacist father and stepmother in Brooklyn.
His first book, Never Love a Stranger (1948), caused controversy with its graphic sexuality. Publisher Pat Knopf reportedly bought Never Love a Stranger because "it was the first time he had ever read a book where on one page you'd have tears and on the next page you'd have a hard-on".
His 1952 novel, A Stone for Danny Fisher, was adapted into a 1958 motion picture King Creole, which starred Elvis Presley.
He would become arguably the world's bestselling author, publishing over 20 books which were translated into 32 languages and sold over 750 million copies. Among his best-known books is The Carpetbaggers, loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes, taking the reader from New York to California, from the prosperity of the aeronautical industry to the glamour of Hollywood.
His first book, Never Love a Stranger (1948), caused controversy with its graphic sexuality. Publisher Pat Knopf reportedly bought Never Love a Stranger because "it was the first time he had ever read a book where on one page you'd have tears and on the next page you'd have a hard-on".
His 1952 novel, A Stone for Danny Fisher, was adapted into a 1958 motion picture King Creole, which starred Elvis Presley.
He would become arguably the world's bestselling author, publishing over 20 books which were translated into 32 languages and sold over 750 million copies. Among his best-known books is The Carpetbaggers, loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes, taking the reader from New York to California, from the prosperity of the aeronautical industry to the glamour of Hollywood.
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July 17, 2013
The knock on the door of struggling art expert Madison Dupre’s low rent New York apartment is that of a Thai café deliveryman—but instead of succulent noodles, he has a rare work of art from the incredible Angkor Wat in the jungles of Cambodia.
Angkor Wat, a wonder of the ancient world, is considered by many antiquity experts to be even more majestic than the monuments of the Egyptian pharaohs. Left unprotected, the vast complex has been a treasure trove for thieves who mercilessly cut off pieces, mutilating thousand-year-old sculptures with chainsaws. Madison knows there is no possibility that this artifact could have been acquired legally. That knock on her door sends her to one of the most dangerous places on the planet: Phnom Penh, the sex-sin-drug capital of the Far East.
Stepping into a cauldron of murder and antiquity-looting that takes her from New York to Cambodia, Hong Kong to Thailand, Madison keeps one step ahead of temple robbers who kill as easily as they steal. She finds comfort in the arms of a soldier of fortune; tangles with a Russian model and her stud “bodyguard,” who introduce her to the New Eroticism; and gets entangled with a Cambodian prince whose sex moves not even the worldly Madison had tried.
Angkor Wat, a wonder of the ancient world, is considered by many antiquity experts to be even more majestic than the monuments of the Egyptian pharaohs. Left unprotected, the vast complex has been a treasure trove for thieves who mercilessly cut off pieces, mutilating thousand-year-old sculptures with chainsaws. Madison knows there is no possibility that this artifact could have been acquired legally. That knock on her door sends her to one of the most dangerous places on the planet: Phnom Penh, the sex-sin-drug capital of the Far East.
Stepping into a cauldron of murder and antiquity-looting that takes her from New York to Cambodia, Hong Kong to Thailand, Madison keeps one step ahead of temple robbers who kill as easily as they steal. She finds comfort in the arms of a soldier of fortune; tangles with a Russian model and her stud “bodyguard,” who introduce her to the New Eroticism; and gets entangled with a Cambodian prince whose sex moves not even the worldly Madison had tried.
August 1, 2016
Good!
This was a good one. Fast paced, simple language and a pretty competent thriller. Unfortunately, this was clearly not in the spirit of Harold Robbins. Yes he didn't really write it and I wasn't expecting a carbon copy of his work but surely I expected this to have that really hardcore gritty disposition of Robbins and it simply wasn't there. The story was a classic good guys vs bad guys dynamic as opposed to a very realistic image of how people behave. I was hoping for far more complex characters than those encountered in this book. Not to mention, a lot of the dialogue was scrappy if even very well-written. Anyway, that was my take. Not bad by any means but absolutely nothing on Robbins.
This was a good one. Fast paced, simple language and a pretty competent thriller. Unfortunately, this was clearly not in the spirit of Harold Robbins. Yes he didn't really write it and I wasn't expecting a carbon copy of his work but surely I expected this to have that really hardcore gritty disposition of Robbins and it simply wasn't there. The story was a classic good guys vs bad guys dynamic as opposed to a very realistic image of how people behave. I was hoping for far more complex characters than those encountered in this book. Not to mention, a lot of the dialogue was scrappy if even very well-written. Anyway, that was my take. Not bad by any means but absolutely nothing on Robbins.
May 31, 2013
I love Harold Robbins, so he could write a bad book and I probably wouldn't notice. This is full of action and many twists and turns
December 17, 2012
This is so hard to follow and I just couldn't get interested
October 25, 2021
Typical lurid Harold Robbins. But good story.
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