Playboy After Hours
January, 1960
Most authors who bat out 2-1/4-pound novels should be skewered on a rusty pike. No exception is Robert Ruark, whose half-million-word, 706-page Poor No More (Holt, $5.95) tumbles on interminably. Obviously autobiographical in spots, the book explores--nervously yet explosively--the story of business bigwig Craig Price, his ascent to wealth and status, his crash to ruin. Protagonist Price is not averse to toying with the life of his lunatic mother-in-law, sacking both new friends and old, driving...
