Fitzgerald\'s Last novel, published posthumously in 1941, was edited by Edmund Wilson, who attempted to polish the work to make it appear less like a work in progress.
The Last Tycoon is now available for the first time in paperback..
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 expos of the studio system in its heyday.
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.
The Last Tycoon, edited by the preeminent Fitzgerald scholar Matthew J.
This version of the acclaimed Cambridge Critical Text draws on the manuscript and Fitzgerald\'s own working drafts, notes, revisions, and corrections.
Fitzgerald\'s Last novel, published posthumously in 1941, was edited by Edmund Wilson, who attempted to polish the work to make it appear less like a work in progress
