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Savage Saga #3
The Naked Savages
Johnny Savage, having narrowly survived a ride through Cuba with old friend Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, returns to America to become involved with the movie business--which poses a challenge to his fidelity. In Hong Kong, Julie lives the high life with her husband Tim--until he pays a hefty price for undermining the Dowager Empress's power.
But as the new generation of Savages grows, it provides more harrowing worries and embarrassments than Johnny, Rachel or Julie could have ever imagined--Johnny and Rachel's daughter is a heavy-drinking swinger of the 20's; Rachel's son by Franco is involved with bootlegging and the mob; his sister marries a prominent Fascist in Italy; Johnny and Rachel's son has a string of romantic dalliances that earn him the nickname "Naked Savage".
Meanwhile, Julie's daughter, Jasmine, is aligning herself with her father's sword enemy- the new dictator of China.
But as the new generation of Savages grows, it provides more harrowing worries and embarrassments than Johnny, Rachel or Julie could have ever imagined--Johnny and Rachel's daughter is a heavy-drinking swinger of the 20's; Rachel's son by Franco is involved with bootlegging and the mob; his sister marries a prominent Fascist in Italy; Johnny and Rachel's son has a string of romantic dalliances that earn him the nickname "Naked Savage".
Meanwhile, Julie's daughter, Jasmine, is aligning herself with her father's sword enemy- the new dictator of China.
435 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 1999
About the author
Fred Mustard Stewart
18 books29 followersAmerican popular novelist, several of whose books were filmed.
Stewart came to be best known for his intercontinental sagas. Year in, year out, the 600-page mark didn't daunt him, a far cry as this was from early hopes as life as a concert pianist, something which had inspired his 1st novel The Mephisto Waltz (1968) which also began his lucrative connection with the film industry. Born in Anderson, IN, he was the son of a banker &, after the Lawrenceville school, near Princeton, NJ, he studied history at Princeton University & later piano at the Juilliard School in Manhattan. By the 1960s, he realised he wasn't going to succeed as a pianist & with marriage to a literary agent, Joan Richardson, in 1967, he began to write, & found immediate success with The Mephisto Waltz.
With The Methuselah Enzyme, Stewart showed wit, but it was clear that it wasn't Henry James. There was, however, a certain charm to Six Weeks (1976), told by a married aspirant for a Democratic senatorial nomination who becomes infatuated with a cold-cream heiress, largely at the behest of her 11-year-old, would-be nymphet daughter who, beset by cancer, has less than two months to live. Nabokov it isn't, but certainly better than the 1982 film with Dudley Moore & Mary Tyler Moore.
Stewart came to be best known for his intercontinental sagas. Year in, year out, the 600-page mark didn't daunt him, a far cry as this was from early hopes as life as a concert pianist, something which had inspired his 1st novel The Mephisto Waltz (1968) which also began his lucrative connection with the film industry. Born in Anderson, IN, he was the son of a banker &, after the Lawrenceville school, near Princeton, NJ, he studied history at Princeton University & later piano at the Juilliard School in Manhattan. By the 1960s, he realised he wasn't going to succeed as a pianist & with marriage to a literary agent, Joan Richardson, in 1967, he began to write, & found immediate success with The Mephisto Waltz.
With The Methuselah Enzyme, Stewart showed wit, but it was clear that it wasn't Henry James. There was, however, a certain charm to Six Weeks (1976), told by a married aspirant for a Democratic senatorial nomination who becomes infatuated with a cold-cream heiress, largely at the behest of her 11-year-old, would-be nymphet daughter who, beset by cancer, has less than two months to live. Nabokov it isn't, but certainly better than the 1982 film with Dudley Moore & Mary Tyler Moore.
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August 30, 2009
Part III of the Savage family series (one more after this book)
"The assortment of adultery, war, murder, organized crime, intrigue, glitter and gluttony swirl together to make a racy drama" - Publishers Weekly
Once again I enjoyed the story of the Savage family concentrating on the new generation. This book follows mostly the children of Johnny Savage and his current wife Rachel. The children are experiencing coming of age in the Roaring 20's a time when morals are loosing up, bootlegging is rampant, the film industry is expanding and greed for the family money if prevelant. Cesare (Rachel's son from husband #2) is the main dysfunction character and his business antics and love life leave much to be desired while his sister Beatrice is more subdued. Brook and Nick run a close second to giving their parents some gray hairs!
"The assortment of adultery, war, murder, organized crime, intrigue, glitter and gluttony swirl together to make a racy drama" - Publishers Weekly
Once again I enjoyed the story of the Savage family concentrating on the new generation. This book follows mostly the children of Johnny Savage and his current wife Rachel. The children are experiencing coming of age in the Roaring 20's a time when morals are loosing up, bootlegging is rampant, the film industry is expanding and greed for the family money if prevelant. Cesare (Rachel's son from husband #2) is the main dysfunction character and his business antics and love life leave much to be desired while his sister Beatrice is more subdued. Brook and Nick run a close second to giving their parents some gray hairs!
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