Henry Bellamann

American novelist best known for the novel Kings Row (1940), which was adapted into a 1942 film.

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  1. 1. King's Row

    A dark portrait of a prosperous Midwestern town whose outward respectability masks cruelty, secret passions and social hypocrisy, following a circle of young people whose idealism, romantic hopes and professional ambitions collide with jealousies, class strictures and a powerful, unscrupulous local figure; betrayals and hidden transgressions unravel relationships and lead to ruined lives, exposing the community’s moral rot and the human cost of secrecy and rigid convention.

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