Word: bantams
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Finished reading Judith Krantz's new novel under a rented hair dryer, as you suggested, got a bad case of the frizzies but not the answer to the big question: Why did Bantam Books shell out a record $3.2 million for the paperback rights? That may not be much by Hollywood standards, but in publishing, it is long, long bread any way you slice it. It is enough to give a dollar bill to every man, woman and child in New Zealand, with change left over to pay a major league utility infielder for a year. Put it another...
This simply cannot be all there is to it, chief. The folks at Bantam did not pay all that money just to make Judith Krantz happy. They know something, and we should ferret it out. Suggestion: Why not send the reviewer off on an expense-account tour of some of the glamorous locales in the novel? To Venice, for instance, a room at the Gritti Palace, drinks and long languorous meals at Harry's Bar. The secret of this book may rest right there. Look how this magical place affects the heroine: "Venice inspired her to meet its fantasy...