The Love Machine
by Jacqueline Susannliterary work· published 1969
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The Love Machine is the second novel by Jacqueline Susann, and the follow-up to her enormously successful Valley of the Dolls (1966). It was published by Simon & Schuster in 1969, and became a New York Times number-one best seller. The Love Machine tells the story of ruthless, haunted Robin Stone and his life and career in the cut-throat world of 1960s network television. Handsome but promiscuous, earning his nickname the Love Machine after he describes television with the same sobriquet, Robin is loved beyond all reason by three women: Amanda, the beautiful but doomed fashion model; Maggie, the beautiful but headstrong fellow journalist escaping a cruel society marriage; and Judith, the beautiful but aging wife of fourth-network founder Gregory Austin.
Adaptations (1)
The Love Machine was adapted into a 1971 film.
The Love Machine1971 · film · 108 min · dir. Jack Haley Jr. · IMDb ↗IMDb4.8An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.
