The Almighty
by Irving Wallace
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Edward Armstead's obsession with surpassing the power of his late father leads him into a ruthless quest for omnipotence and a manipulation of world events through terrorism.Tags
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Edward Armstedad ha vivido siempre a la sombra de su padre, famoso magnate de los medios de comunicación, al fallecer éste Edard se entera de que su testamento le impide conservar lo que más desea: la propiedad del famoso periódico de Nueva York que es el núcleo del impero que construyó su padree. Como no puede cumplir este deseo, se lanza a la conquista del mundo teniendo como única meta vengarse del difunto. AsÃ, convierte a su propio periódico, el Record, en el número uno y, además, hace suya a la amante de su padre.
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Literatura americana.
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ANAQUEL DEL CENTRO, GAVETA SUPERIOR.
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Irving Wallace was born March 19, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing for various magazines at age 15 and worked as a screenwriter for a number of Hollywood studios---Columbia, Fox, Warner Brothers, Universal, and MGM from 1950 to 1959, then he turned solely to writing books. His first major bestseller was The Chapman Report in 1960, a show more fictional account of a sexual research team's investigations of a wealthy Los Angeles suburb. Among other fictional works by Wallace are The Prize and The Word. His meticulously researched fiction often has the flavor of spicy journalism. A great deal of research goes into his novels, which cover a wide variety of subjects, from the presentation of the Nobel Prize to political scenarios. With their recurring dramatic confrontations, his novels lend themselves well to screenplay adaptation, and most of them have been filmed, including The Chapman Report and The Prize. Wallace has also compiled several nonfiction works with his family, including The People's Almanac and The Book of Lists, both of which have spawned sequels. Irving Wallace died June 29, 1990 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 74 from pancreatic cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- De magnaat
- Original title
- The Almighty
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Edward Armstead; Victoria Weston
- Important places
- Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; England, UK; France, Europe; Spain; Switzerland; Israel
- Epigraph
- George Washington was a terrorist.
To describe a man as a terrorist is a term of honor.
--A member of the Baader-Meinhof gang - Dedication
- For Sylvia with Love and Gratitude
- First words
- He stared down into the open coffin.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In the early morning, they were both awake and sober--but high--higher and happier, in each other's arms, than they had ever been in their entire lives.
- Original language
- English
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