Word: winsor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...previous three: Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit, Kathleen Winsor's Forever Amber, Joseph S. Pennell's The History of Rome Hanks...
Storytelling was at a premium in straight novels as well as mysteries. It was the story (plus plenty of sex) that sent lush young Kathleen Winsor's lush Restoration romance, Forever Amber, rocketing to the top of best-seller lists despite the author's mediocre craftsmanship...
...reviews, publish almost any manuscript he recommends. This year his influence has swept over the Sierras with even more spectacular results than usual. Two current bestsellers are books that he plugged before publication. Joseph Pennell's turgid History of Rome Hanks (to date: 93,000 copies), and Kathleen Winsor's Forever Amber† (400,000 copies...
...advance copies. It was a good bet that before the month was out Amber would be boiling its way into the war-bored minds and emotions of millions. And with so much bare flesh involved, dazzled readers were not likely to complain of the fact that Author Winsor never gets around to much deep thought...
...only after 80 pages of more of the same that Author Winsor herself finally tosses in the towel. Many readers will never finish so poor a book; but many more will doubtless help Macmillan...