{"product_id":"the-last-tycoon-an-unfinished-novel-paperback","title":"The Last Tycoon: An Unfinished Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*With a new introduction by bestselling and iconic novelist Haruki Murakami*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's final unfinished novel is now restored to the original 1941 text, with updates by Fitzgerald scholar James L. W. West III. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen F. Scott Fitzgerald died in 1940, he left behind an unfinished draft of this poignant novel, inspired by his own experience working in Hollywood as a screenwriter. Literary critic Edmund Wilson edited Fitzgerald's notes and material to publish this text of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e in 1941. Now, this edition restores Wilson's editorial work and includes an introduction from celebrated author Haruki Murakami. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Hollywood in the 1930s, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tragic story of a young film producer named Monroe Stahr. Exploring themes of ambition, power, and corruption, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e depicts Stahr's struggle to balance his personal life and professional goals with the challenges of running a successful movie studio. Based on the career of real-life producer Irving Thalberg, the head of MGM who was known as Hollywood's \"boy wonder\", \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharply observed and bittersweet exposé of the glittering excess of the Hollywood film industry in its prime.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Love of the Last Tycoon, edited by the preeminent Fitzgerald scholar Matthew J. Bruccoli, is a restoration of the author's phrases, words, and images that were excised from the 1940 edition, giving new luster to an unfinished literary masterpiece. It is the story of the young Hollywood mogul Monroe Stahr, who was inspired by the life of boy-genius Irving Thalberg, and is an expose of the studio system in its heyday. The Love of the Last Tycoon is now available for the first time in paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University, joined the United States Army during World War I, and published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and for the next decade the couple lived in New York, Paris, and on the Riviera. Fitzgerald's novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTender Is the Night\u003c\/i\u003e. He died at the age of forty-four while working on \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e. Fitzgerald's fiction has secured his reputation as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46115742056634,"sku":"9781668047996","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/6XL4O1nxIi9781668047996.webp?v=1783405953","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/the-last-tycoon-an-unfinished-novel-paperback","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}