The Inheritors

From the author of The New York Times #1 bestselling novel The Carpetbaggers comes a powerful yarn exposing the money fame sex politics and power that accompany being at the top of the entertainment industry....Based on the real lives of network executives and other high-profile personalities in the early days when television first became a viable threat to the all-powerful business of the silver screen The Inheritors is the first in Harold Robbinss Trilogy of Greed and spent 21 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list.Steve Gaunt the rebellious visionary is the head of a successful television empire making him a hit both in the ratings and with the gorgeous women he meets. Sam Benjamin one of the last of the old motion picture tycoons desperately wants to hold on to the power that has long been associated with the more glamorous part of the business--the movies. When the two combine forces they have the potential to remake the entertainment industry--or be each others undoing. Will their friendship fall apart when their money is on the line or will their partnership make them even more wealthy and powerful? Entertainment is a dirty business built by ruthless mavericks and friendships can fall in a heartbeat when money is on the line. The only rule is that nothing is real in Hollywood.In its initial publication The Inheritors was a timely indictment of an industry on fire. Today it is a fascinating look back at a time when television was just coming into its own and how the movie industry dealt with this new and growing threat.