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A Stone for Danny Fisher

novel by Robbins

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In Harold Robbins
…of the film industry, and A Stone for Danny Fisher (1952), a story about a Jewish boy’s struggle to succeed in Depression-era New York City. The latter work was widely interpreted as something of a roman à clef. It was the basis for the Elvis Presley vehicle King Creole (1958).
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