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World is Full of Married Men

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Jackie Collins, how can she make so much money by writing such trashy novels that we cannot stop reading (only to mock it)? This was the first Jackie Collins book I'd read, and I was positively roaring when I read it. Chalk full of cheap love affairs and sleazy characters, it'll make you want to meet Jackie Collins if only to ask her, "What the hell were you thinking."

Late 1960s. Advertising executive David Cooper has an affair with model/would-be actress Claudia. Mrs. Linda Cooper lives in denial of her husband's infidelity but, frustrated that he's never at home, has an affair of her own. But it's not long before she'll have to face the truth about her husband's affairs, and before long, David will realize that Claudia isn't as fun outside the bed as in it, and that maybe his wife deserved a bit more respect.

"The World is Full of Married Men" is not great, but it's a fun, quick read (info on Amazon.com says 288 pages, mine was less than 180). It was also made into a movie starring Tony Franciosa and Carroll Baker, today mostly forgotten, unlike its Bonnie Tyler theme song.

Jackie Collins, who I assume still holds the throne as the "Queen of Trash" wrote this, her first novel in 1968 when it was considered outrageous and subsequently banned in Australia. She wanted to expose the marital double standards of men and show the superficiality, use, and abuse abundant in the lives of all the characters "relationships". The TV/advertising world is used here. The novel has a very "Valley Of The Dolls" feel to it. I can certainly understand the appeal of the jet-setting folk in Collins' novels but their lack of decency and scruples is ultimately depressing. Jackie says her books have a strong moral tone to them and I suppose this is true when the major users/abusers ultimately become bereft of partners, money or power. This book should appeal to bitter ex-wives, but Jackie tends too often to make men the villains and women their victims who ultimately overpower them to what one must assume is vigorous applause from her feminist readers.

i liked it alright, and i finished reading it because it was interesting, but she has written better books. I didn't like the way it ended. It waS disapointing.,

The contenet of this book was fine -- exactly what a Jackie Collins fan would expect. However, the ending is so disappointing, it made me angry! It seems more like cliffhanger than an ending. To tell you the truth, I'm still half expecting a sequel! Just when you're getting to the book's climax, IT ENDS! It is absolutely unnerving! This may be due to the facts that it was Ms. Collins' first book and was written back in 1968, I don't know. But I do know that of all the books she's written, this has got to be the worst.