TYCOON: A Novel
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0684810689 / Publisher: Simon & Schuster, February 1997
As he rises to the pinnacle of success in the broadcasting industry, corporate predator Jack Lear makes a fortune as a pioneer of network television, marrying two gorgeous socialites along the way, but, despite his many triumphs and great wealth, he continues to long for what he cannot have
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Jack Lear is a predator driven by unbridled ambition. He makes a great fortune as a pioneering radio and television broadcaster, founds a network, and marries two beautiful socialites, but despite his conquests he continues to hunger for what he cannot have - the social respectability of old money.The women in his life are legion. His first marriage is to an exquisitely beautiful and shrewd WASP princess who turns him from the wealthy son of a Jewish scrap metal king into an elegant man, surrounded by tasteful trappings of wealth; his second marriage is to a lovely English aristocrat of impeccable lineage and sophisticated style, who introduces him to international high society. But nothing can ever tame Jack Lear's need to succeed, to overcome his enemies and rivals, to expand his network - until, finally, a threat from where he least expects it promises to tear his beloved empire out of his hands...
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