Kane and Abel is a 1979 novel by British author Jeffrey Archer. The title and story is a play on the Biblical brothers, Cain and Abel. Released in the United Kingdom in 1979 and in the United States in February 1980, the book was an international success. It reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and in 1985 was made into a CBS television miniseries titled Kane & Abel starring Peter Strauss as Rosnovski and Sam Neill as Kane. The sequel to Kane and Abel is The Prodigal Daughter with Florentyna Kane as the protagonist. This novel is remarkably similar to Jeffrey Archer's 1996... novel The Fourth Estate. The book tells the stories of two men born worlds apart. They have nothing in common except the same date of birth and a zeal to succeed in life. William Lowell Kane is a wealthy and powerful Boston Brahmin while Abel Rosnovski is a Pole was born in a situation of great poverty and eventually emigrated to the United States. William follows the steps of his father, Richard Kane, to become a successful banker.
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| Author: | Jeffrey Archer |
| Genre: | Novel, Fiction |
| Year published: | 1979 |
| Number of editions: | 21 |