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Westfield
New York in the early 1850s. The young, handsome and charming Thomas Westfield has come to the city with no particular ambition. Soon he is swept into the world of politics by day and bordellos by night. Playing his connections into wealth and respectability, Westfield manages a beneficial but cold and loveless marriage with the rich and conventional Louise. His heart seeks solace with the young Kate Regan, who is adoptive mother of the young Michael, a boy who grows up seeking revenge for the murder of his parents. As each Westfield generation goes through life, blinded by their dreams of love and retribution, they suffer the inevitable fate of all dreamers - the possibilities of their dreams coming true.
595 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1977
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About the author
Roderick Thorp
28 books71 followersRoderick Mayne Thorp, Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in crime novels.
As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father. He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.
Two of his best known novels were adapted into popular films: his 1966 novel The Detective was made into a 1968 film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra as Detective Joe Leland, and his 1979 sequel to The Detective, Nothing Lasts Forever, was filmed in 1988 as Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. Though Die Hard was relatively faithful to Nothing Lasts Forever, it was not made as a sequel to the film version of The Detective. Two other Thorp novels, Rainbow Drive and Devlin, were adapted into TV movies.
Thorp died of a heart attack in Oxnard, California.
As a young college graduate, Thorp worked at a detective agency owned by his father. He would later teach literature and lecture on creative writing at schools and universities in New Jersey and California, and also wrote articles for newspapers and magazines.
Two of his best known novels were adapted into popular films: his 1966 novel The Detective was made into a 1968 film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra as Detective Joe Leland, and his 1979 sequel to The Detective, Nothing Lasts Forever, was filmed in 1988 as Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis. Though Die Hard was relatively faithful to Nothing Lasts Forever, it was not made as a sequel to the film version of The Detective. Two other Thorp novels, Rainbow Drive and Devlin, were adapted into TV movies.
Thorp died of a heart attack in Oxnard, California.
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March 30, 2023
Read in 1978, don't remember the book.
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September 2, 2013Read 3/99
June 10, 2014
If you like to read family sagas, this is one...the author develops characters...but they kinda fizzled at the end...was expecting a stronger ending.
October 18, 2011
A family saga of love and revenge.
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