1、A Boston-Brahmin banker. A rags-to-riches immigrant hotel-king. Two intermittently interesting, mostly clichd life stories (1906-1967)-which unsubtle Archer (Shall We Tell the President?) has linked up, using coincidences that belong only in Italian opera and plot secrets that only Dickens could get
2、 away with (and did). William Kane is the banker, a handsome Lowell/Cabot scion who is impossibly precocious, noble, and cool: his father dies on the Titanic (“Oh, look. . . a picture of Daddys ship. Whats a ca-la-mity, Mommy?“); his mother remarries badly (a slimy fortune-hunter whom canny teenager
3、 William runs out of town) and dies in childbirth; and William becomes an incredibly young director of the family bank. Meanwhile, in alternate chapters, Abel Rosnovski is born a Polish orphan bastard, is raised by peasants, is taken in by the local baron (who turns out to be Abels real pa), survive
4、s German and Russian imprisonment, then flees to the U.S. via Turkey. So how do these two heroes-both of them tiresomely brilliant and decent-hook up? Well, theres a brief teasing glimpse of waiter Abel serving William at the Plaza Hotel. But the real connection is made after Abel has become the ind
5、ispensable right-hand man of a midwest hotelier: when the 1929 Crash comes, Abel and his boss need help from Williams bank, William refuses, and Abels beloved boss commits suicide. So Abel vows vengeance on William while-with aid from a mysterious anonymous backer(!)-he manages to salvage the hotel
6、chain and achieve tycoon-dom. And with World War II the Abel/William contacts really start hopping. Even the most indulgent readers will surely gag when Abel just happens to save Williams life on the battlefield (neither of them recognizing the other!). And next. . . what else but a coincidental mee
7、ting between Williams son and Abels daughter? (The two fall madly in love and marry over both fathers protests.) Abel continues to try to destroy William, however (with coincidental aid from Williams hated ex-stepfather): grabbing control of his bank, bribing JFK in 1960 not to choose Williams kinsm
8、an H. C. Lodge as running mate. And William fights back by getting Abel arrested for bribery. Finally, after William dies, Abel-who apparently hasnt read Great Expectations or Our Mutual Friend-learns that William was his anonymous backer all those years ago. . . . Obviously inspired by Hollywoods c
9、orniest movies and Howard Fast as well as the great Boz, Archer works hard to put in every known commercial grabber (except, thankfully, gratuitous hard-core sex); but, though a few individual scenes have some melodramatic snap, the ludicrous plotting and cardboard characterization make this a long,
10、 ragged trek-for the most undiscriminating saga-seekers only一个波士顿婆罗门的银行家。一个赤贫到暴富的移民酒店国王。间歇有趣的，大多是陈词滥调的生活故事（1906 年至 1967 年） - 那么直接的弓箭手（我们告诉总统吗？）连接起来，使用的巧合只属于意大利歌剧和情节的秘密，只有狄更斯可以逃脱（和所做的那样） 。威廉凯恩是银行家，一个英俊的洛厄尔/卡博特后裔的人是不可能早熟，高贵，酷：他的父亲死了，泰坦尼克号上的（“”哦，看看爸爸的船的照片。什么是 CA-LA 表示设备，妈妈？“” ） ，他的母亲再婚严重（粘糊糊的财富猎人人精明的小将
11、威廉运行的镇） ，并在分娩时死亡;的家族银行中， ，威廉成为一个令人难以置信的年轻导演。同时，备用章节，亚伯 Rosnovski 出生一个波兰孤儿混蛋，是提高农民，是采取在当地男爵（谁打开了亚伯的实际每年） ，生存德国和俄罗斯的监禁，然后逃离到美国通过土耳其。所以这两个英雄 - 他们都令人厌烦的辉煌和体面 - 钩怎么了？那么，会有一个简短的戏弄一瞥服务威廉在广场酒店的服务员亚伯。但真正的连接后亚伯中西部旅馆老板已成为不可缺少的得力助手：在 1929 年的股灾来临的时候，亚伯和他的上司威廉的银行需要帮助，威廉拒绝，和亚伯的敬爱的老板自杀了。所以亚伯在威廉发誓复仇的同时 - 从一个神秘的匿名支持者
12、（！）的援助 - ，他设法打捞连锁酒店和实现大亨 DOM。与二战的亚伯 /威廉，接触真正开始跳。即使是最放纵的读者一定会压制，当亚伯恰好在战场上拯救威廉的生活（他们都不承认其他） 。而旁边。 。 。什么，但一个偶然的会晤威廉的儿子和亚伯的女儿呢？ （两人情投意合疯狂恋爱和结婚对双方父亲的抗议。 ）亚伯继续以试图以破坏威廉，但是（巧合的援助从威廉的恨 EX-继父的）：敛控制他的银行，贿赂肯尼迪在 1960 年不要选择威廉的亲属，HC 照片作为竞选伙伴。威廉反击亚伯因涉嫌受贿。最后，在威廉模具，亚伯 - 谁显然还没有读过“远大前程”我们共同的朋友 - 学习威廉是他的匿名支持者年前。 。 。 。显然
13、灵感来自好莱坞的 corniest 电影和霍华德快速的巨大博兹，弓箭手的作品很难以把在每一个著名的商业采集卡除外，幸运的是，无端的硬核性;但是，尽管一个少数个别场景有一些耸人听闻的管理单元，可笑的策划和纸板的特性，这是一个长期的，衣衫褴褛的跋涉 - 最轩轾的传奇求职者Comments on the author aside; Kane and Abel is one of the best books if not the best book I have ever read in my life. A book has to be astoundingly good to get in my
14、 top ten - near impossible to reach the top five, and so this title is not one I throw around!I first read this book at 15, and now re-reading it at 26 I find I understand and enjoy it all the more. It is a tale that spans three generations, all continents, and all classes.It tells in stereo the tal
15、es of Baron Abel Rosnovski and William Lowell Kane, born on the same day in totally different circumstances - the former in poverty in Poland and Russia, witnessing murder, theft and sorrow, the latter into a rich banking family, where money is no object and the only thing expected of William was to
16、 follow in his fathers footsteps and run the family banking empire.Their paths cross in their midlives when their children meet - I wont spoil it - but the men become bitter rivals both in business and their personal lives. The tale covers their friends, family and really engages the reader.There ar
17、e some truly genuine smiling moments in the book but for me the real test of whether a book has grasped me is if it can make me cry. And Kane and Abel can - buckets!The story is so well written, so engaging and so well researched that you cannot fail to be grasped within the first few pages. Its a r
18、eally gripping read, you cannot put it down once you have started it and like me you will be recommending it to everyone you meet.It is a truly wonderful book, and if you ever get the chance, read it because you wont regret it. Its an amazing read and one I personally hold in the highest of regards.
19、On a practical note; it is a long read, so you will get your moneys worth and you can pick it up in paperback in most leading bookshops for around 7. It is well worth the money评论作者待用;凯恩与阿贝尔是最好的书之一，如果不是最好的书我读过在我的生活中。一本书是在我的前十位 - 几乎是不可能达到的五大令人叹为观止的好，所以这个标题是不是我扔左右！我第一次读到这本书，在 15，现在重新阅读它在 26，我觉得我了解和享受这一
20、切的更多。这是一个故事，跨越了三代，所有大陆，所有类。它告诉立体声亚伯 Rosnovski 男爵和威廉洛厄尔凯恩的故事，在完全不同的情况下，在同一天出生的 - 前者在贫困中的波兰和俄罗斯，亲眼目睹谋杀，盗窃和悲伤，后者成为一个丰富的银行家族，其中钱是没有对象，唯一预期的威廉是跟随父亲的脚步，并运行家庭金融帝国。他们的路径交叉时，他们的孩子在他们的 midlives 满足 - 我不会破坏它 - 但无论是在业务和个人生活的男人成为死敌。这个故事包括他们的朋友，家人，真正从事的读者。有一些真正的真正的书面带微笑的时刻，但对我来说，真正的考验是，如果它可以让我哭的一本书是否掌握了我。凯恩与阿贝尔 - 桶！这个故事是写得好，这样搞很好的研究，你无法不被抓住的前几页内。这是一个真正扣人心弦的读，你不能把它一旦你已经开始，您将它推荐给每一个你遇到和我一样。这是一个真正精彩的书，如果你有机会的机会，阅读它，因为你不会后悔的。这是一个惊人的读取和我个人认为最高的问候。在实践说明，它是一个长期的阅读，所以你会得到你的钱的价值和最领先的书店英镑左右7，你可以选择它印在纸上。这是非常值得的钱
