Talk:Harold Robbins

Posthumous novels
There appear to be a large number of novels credits to Robbins listed here that were published after his death. This should be expanded upon -- did he really leave such a backlog of material? 23skidoo 00:03, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

No, he didn't. The last few books have been ghostwritten posthumously. Robbins had nothing to do with them. RossyG 21:33, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

That's right RossyG, his second wife Grace wrote in her book that he never wrote down any notes and he had never leave a unfinished novel. What he began had he finished. The last five books published in the 90's are not from his mind. After his stroke in 1980 he was not able to write a book.

160.83.30.197 (talk) 07:59, 18 June 2013 (UTC)Alec Baker

Marriages...3 or 5?
The article has conflicting information, saying at one point that he was married three times, then later saying that he had 5 wives. Which is correct?aluxeterna 15:42, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

It was 3 times. 67.97.80.5 (talk) 01:37, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

In the Whicker's World episode "Harold Robbins - I'm the Worlds' Best Writer" (13 December 1971) it is also said "Harold Robbins, 56, and five times married". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.23.58 (talk) 22:27, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

He was married three times. I saw the introducion to Whicker's World. If he was 1971 five times married, than he must be six time married by dead, because he was divorced from his second wife Grace and married then Jane Robbins in the 90's. Jann is certainly his third wife. Harold was a real storyteller and the story to be "five times married" was one of his imaginations. 79.220.141.91 (talk) 18:35, 22 August 2013 (UTC)Alec Baker, born Jan 18th, 1976 Source: Cinderella and the Carpetbagger, written by his second wife Grace Robbins http://www.cinderellaandthecarpetbagger.com/

Millionaire Trader?
The article says "Robbins made his first million at age 20 by selling sugar for the wholesale trade, but lost it all when World War II began." but it seems quite unlikely that someone from a humble background would be able to trade that heavily before the age of majority, nor that having made a million once he would then take up being a shipping clerk (as opposed, say, to remaining in the financial industry), given Robbins' overt financial motivations. Does anyone know of a better reference for this fact? DWorley (talk) 20:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

According to Andrew Wilson's book Robbins constantly made up stories about his life and no one ever checked (sounds like wikipedia :P). This was one of the many tall stories including his escaping a sinking submarine and many others. Perhaps that could be a section on how many tall stories there were 67.97.80.5 (talk) 01:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * It used to be claimed in the blurb at the start of his books that he had made and lost a million dollars before he was 21. I agree it was probably a tall tale.Paulturtle (talk) 19:54, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

"He would become arguably the world's bestselling author"?
Not even almost according to the List_of_bestselling_fiction_authors; unless you're arguing in the vein of "politicians are honest" or "people are good"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.20.146.29 (talk) 19:06, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Fawlty Towers
The references to Fawlty Towers are correct, but should not be in the Posthumous section. Fawlty towers was broadcast in the 1970s. 121.217.57.63 (talk) 07:27, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

75/79 Park Avenue
Surely this is an oversight. The work is correctly referenced as 79 Park Avenue in the listing of works, but is called 75 Park Avenue in the body of the article. 76.103.147.187 (talk) 22:22, 27 March 2011 (UTC) mlm 3/27/2011

Harrold Robbins
I read about 20 of his novels including Carpetbaggers, in Nigeria before coming to Europe. WASIU GIWA (REference) Facebook 18.08.13 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.247.99.224 (talk) 14:49, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Publication year "The Storyteller, 1982"
There is a error in his publications. I am owner of "The Storyteller". The copyright is typed:

Copyright © 1985 by Harold Robbins

Source 1 "The Storyteller" by Harold Robbins published by Simon Schuster 1985

Source 2 Library of Congress PS3568.0224S7. 1986 813'.54 85:27720 ISBN: 0-671-55749-1

79.220.141.91 (talk) 18:48, 22 August 2013 (UTC)Alec Baker born Jan 18th, 1976 http://www.librarything.com/work/543442/book/99339741

What about
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, 1976, which would be his most famous novel.Marcin862 (talk) 11:42, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That author is Tom Robbins. Sundayclose (talk) 19:43, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Book where the characters' names change?
Michael Korda, in his memoir Another Life, told a story about editing one of Harold Robbins' novels. Apparently Robbins sent his publisher the first half of his manuscript, then took some months off from writing the book, and later turned in the second half of the manuscript. However, Korda said that the character names in the second half of the book didn't match the character names in the first half. Korda offered to correct the manuscript on Robbins' behalf and asked whether he should use the names from the first half or the second half. Robbins told him not to change the names and to publish the novel as is. Korda expected to receive thousands of complaints from readers about the error, but he didn't receive any. The question is: What novel was this? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 07:54, 2 January 2022 (UTC)