{"product_id":"9780553104196","title":"The Last Tycoon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1941. Now, this edition restores Wilson’s editorial work and includes an introduction from celebrated author Haruki Murakami.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in Hollywood in the 1930s, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the tragic story of a young film producer named Monroe Stahr. Exploring themes of ambition, power, and corruption, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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”, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sharply observed and bittersweet exposé of the glittering excess of the Hollywood film industry in its prime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBantam 1976 edition paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"F Scott Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57582521843872,"sku":"9780553104196","price":7.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/9780553104196.jpg?v=1781128311","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780553104196","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}