This, the unfinished final novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald, would probably have been his finest novel. I don't use that phrase lightly. Fitzgerald turned out many fine, thought-provoking novels, but this one draws the reader in, and, even before reaching the heart-wrenching, drafted conclusion, leaves the reader aching for both the narrator and the titular character.
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Book 612: The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scribners, 1941.
This, the unfinished final novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald, would probably have been his finest novel. I don't use that phrase lightly. Fitzgerald turned out many fine, thought-provoking novels, but this one draws the reader in, and, even before reaching the heart-wrenching, drafted conclusion, leaves the reader aching for both the narrator and the titular character.
This, the unfinished final novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald, would probably have been his finest novel. I don't use that phrase lightly. Fitzgerald turned out many fine, thought-provoking novels, but this one draws the reader in, and, even before reaching the heart-wrenching, drafted conclusion, leaves the reader aching for both the narrator and the titular character.
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