F. Scott Fitzgerald's the Last Tycoon : Adapted for the Stage (Paperback)

from Chris_V

Fitzgerald's unfinished novel of Hollywood in the 1930s centres on Monroe Stahr a workaholic film producer who falls for a young girl who reminds him of his dead wife. The novel is narrated by the young daughter of the studio head who has a crush on Starr. Had he lived this could have been a nove...

from watson_1

I was a little skeptical to read an unfinished novel. But, I enjoyed The Great Gatsby too much to pass this up. It was clear that this novel could have been even better than Gatsby. I enjoyed reading the novel. The editors added a section to explain what may have happened next. I found this point...

from Jonathan_M

*Partial spoilers ahead* Too bad that Fitzgerald was unable to finish The Last Tycoon, since it's obvious that he was returning to the focused, tightly structured style of The Great Gatsby after the rambling disorder of Tender is the Night. The prospect of slogging through an incomplete novel ma...

from lydia1879

I read this the way I read most Fitzgerald novels, over a weekend, in giant chunks. This one feels a little less like his work and a little more disjointed, and that is because it was compiled after he died, by editor Matthew Bruccoli. I have to say, as an unfinished work, Bruccoli does an incred...

from madepercy

If only I had read this work years ago... There is much to be learnt by reading an unfinished book, especially this with the author's chapter plan, character sketches, unedited rants and revisions. I expected Fitzgerald's colleagues to have attempted to finish the novel. Instead, however, the raw...