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HOUSE OF GETTY
Miller, Russell
1986 9924 Ostensibly a three-generation portrait of a family whose bonds were ``rotted'' by money, this richly detailed book covers much the same ground as Robert Lenzner's The Great Getty (Nonfiction Forecasts, Jan. 24), with billionaire oilman J. Paul Getty at center stage. For Miller, the family oil business is the thread for a lively narrative that begins in the Oklahoma oilfields of the 1900s, traces J. Paul's headlong pursuit of his five ``passions'' (oil, art, money, women and sex), and ends with the stories of four sons whose continuing squabbles have left only their lawyers happy. Especially good on the family's early wildcatting days, British journalist Miller (Bunny uses anecdotes effectively to render a strange melodrama that will fascinate and appall many. Photos. Doubleday Book Club selection; Literary Guild alternate; author tour. (March 3) Library Journal The business exploits of J. Paul Getty are legendary, as is his accumulation of a fortune in the billions of dollars. Miller's biography of the Gettys, focus ing on the eccentric oilman, his five wives, five sons, countless other de scendants, and an extensive entourage of women, is noteworthy, too. Details about Getty's oil interests, collection of art treasures, and unfathomable wealth are interwoven in a saga that often reads like popular fiction. Getty was an imaginative businessman who hated to fly, loved European travel, and left the United States for good in 1951. Miller, a British writer who traced the Playboy empire in Bunny , used Getty's diaries to reconstruct much of his life and career. The last few chapters detail the legal battles over Getty's will after his death in 1976. A fascinating ac count, for public and academic libraries. Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated 0030037697 / 9780030037696
Hardcover As New Condition As New Book Jacket New York
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16.34 USD
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