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I'll Take Manhattan [Hardcover]

Judith Krantz (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)


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April 20, 1986
Here is Judith Krantz's greatest triumph--I'll Take Manhattan.  In the high-stakes world of magazine publishing, she weaves a dazzling tale of love and betrayal, and creates her most joyous character--sensational Maxi, an uninhibited woman who unexpectedly discovers that her talent for life is matched by a hunger to succeed.



Gorgeous, flamboyant Maxi Amberville is twenty-nine and has already discarded three husbands on two continents.  Life is a stream of endless pleasure in her lavish Trump Tower apartment--until her widowed mother married a man who plots to sell her father's magazine empire.  And Maxi turns her incredible lust for living into a passionate quest for power.



Maxi takes over the small weekly Buttons And Bows. She gathers her hot-blooded ex-husband, sassy daughter and a coterie of the powerful elite.  Then, risking all, Maxi creates B&B --the glitziest, ritziest, most successful fashion magazine in the country.  Here is a dramatic, sizzling story of love, family, ambition and one unforgettable woman who gives life and love everything she has.
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From Publishers Weekly

Few can beat Krantz for pure energy. The author of bestsellers Scruples and Princess Daisy has penned another splashy romp through the lives of the rich and the slightly-less-rich, using Manhattan for a glittering backdrop. As the shareholders of Amberville Publications can attest, a family tree wouldn't be complete without twisted branches. The magazine empire of the late Zachary Amberville is being pulled to pieces by his envious younger brother, Cutter, whose first official act after marrying his sister-in-law is to ax four periodicals. Within a year, he expects to sell those remaining at a huge profit. But Cutter hasn't reckoned on his feisty niece, Maxi, who, at 29, has been a mother once, a divorcee three times, and a spendthrift all her life. Sailing into battle with aid from her brother Justin, a photographer with a past of his own, and her macho first husband, Rocco, Maxi turns a dying magazine into a wild success. Light sparring between the formerly-marrieds keeps the book humming along, although the scuffle with Cutter is abruptly dropped when the extent of his duplicity becomes known. Weak subplots are easily glossed over by punchy dialogue and an amusing, likable cast. 300,000 first printing; $300,000 ad/promo; first serial to Cosmopolitan; author tour.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Krantz's throng of fans won't be disappointed in Maxi Amberville, another sensational heroine in another TV-miniseries-to-be-novel. Beautiful, thrice-married Maxi is independently wealthy, and flamboyantly carefree until she locks horns with her vile uncle over a matter of family honor. He would close down several unprofitable magazines in her late father's publishing empire, but she insists on trying to rescue the sentimental underdog. Her transformation scheme is a delight. Power struggles, steamy sex, high finance, and scandal in the Big Apple provide a fascinating cast of characters with a fast-paced story line that will keep readers turning pages late into the night. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selection. Will Hepfer, SUNY at Buffalo Libs.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 437 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Value Publishing (April 20, 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0517561107
  • ISBN-13: 978-0517561102
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,328,417 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Judith Krantz novels!, August 7, 2002
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This was the fifth Judith Krantz novel I read. I think it is one of her best. It is the story of Maxi, a woman whose parents own a highly lucrative magazine company. Her father had died, leaving her mother the sole owner, until she marries Maxi's uncle, Cutter. He decides to discontinue many of the magazines, including the struggling Buttons and Bows. Maxi makes a deal with her uncle, where she can do with Buttons and Bows all she wants for a year before its future is final. With that time, Maxi slowly turns it into B&B, which becomes the first runaway success for the women's demographic since Cosmopolitan. This is a very well-written novel, and while Maxi is perhaps an extremely hatable person, you end up rooting for her in the end.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad.... but..., February 9, 2002
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I heard so much about Judith Krantz work, that I thought I'd give it a try with this novel. Although I feel her writing is very well, I did not feel a desperation for Maxi's (main character) success in saving her father's magazine business. Maxi is a spoiled girl, that will be worth millions whether or not she saves the magazine or not. The only desire she has to save the business, is to continue her father's legacy - but even that doesn't seem urgent. However, it seems from the story that her father put his business well above his children. To me, I believe the story was shallow and none of the characters were worthy enough for me to feel emotions on their success or failure. Quite a bore for me, but well written.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun in New York, December 26, 1997
The story starts with a rather questionable scene where the heroine, Maxi, "bribes" a JFK customs official by offering him herself, so to speak, in return for letting her through fast. But it picks up quite a bit from there. As always, great good-vs. evil story (the "evil" in this one is perhaps the most malevolent of all her books, in the person of Cutter Amberville), very appealing major and side characters, nice setting details (this time of the magazine business), and a satisfying ending. It also is kind of a love poem to New York City in certain aspects (even if Donald Trump makes an appearence...it is after all set in the mid-'80s.) Incidentally, Maxi Amberville makes a short by-mention cameo in the latest Krantz novel, Spring Collection.
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