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《我要拿下曼哈顿》是美国女作家朱迪丝·克兰茨1986年的近作。曼哈顿是纽约市的商业中心,是美国财富的象征。书名含义是,我要获取巨额财富,成为亿万富翁。小说写的是,前上校扎卡里,退伍后求职无门,借款筹办杂志,经过多年惨淡经营,终于成为纽约举足轻重的出版业大王,但因此遭到弟弟卡特的妒嫉,被害身亡。卡特乘机夺嫂为妻,并意欲搞垮扎卡里出版公司。他的险恶用心被扎卡里之女马克茜识破,她忍受婚姻破裂的痛苦,苦心筹划,与卡特进行了一番剑拔弩张的较量,保住了父亲的产业,同时重新赢得了爱情。小说不仅揭示了美国出版业鲜为人知的内幕,而且穿插了家庭的纷争和爱情的纠葛,对我们了解美国复杂的社会生活不无裨益。
“I want to win Manhattan” is a recent work by American writer Judith Krantz in 1986. Manhattan is New York City’s business hub and is a symbol of American wealth. The title of the book is that I want to get a huge fortune to become a billionaire. Written by the novel is the former colonel Zachary, after leaving the army to find a job without a job, borrowing to organize magazines, after years of dismal management, has finally become the pivotal publishing industry in New York king, but was envied by his brother Carter, was killed. Carter took the opportunity to rob the wife and wanted to bring down Zachary’s publishing company. His evil intentions were discovered by Mark Zacari, daughter of Zachary. She endured the pain of a broken marriage and painstakingly planned. She took a rattling contest with Carter, saved her father’s estate and won her love again. The novel not only reveals the little-known inside story of the publishing industry in the United States, but also interspersed the dispute between family and love. It is not without any help to understand the complicated social life in the United States.