El descenso de Xanadú

by Harold Robbins

Paper Book, 1995

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Barcelona Planeta 1995

Description

A decadent billionaire pursues immortality in this raucous, raunchy, globe-hopping novel by "the dirty old man of American letters" (Hollywood Reporter). The wealthiest man in the world, Judd Crane is also ruthless, sexually irresistible, and determined to conquer man's last frontier--eternal life. A man who always gets what he wants, Judd pursues his dream on a dangerous, obsessive journey from Yugoslavia to China, from his lush private island to a secret atomic city in the Brazilian jungle. Crane is willing to spend billions, risk death, outwit foreign agents, lose his entire empire and the woman he loves . . . until, at the moment of victory, he discovers the most important secret of all.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

266 p.; 19 cm

ISBN

9788408014263
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