West of Sunset

In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long behind him. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruin, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood.

With flashbacks to key moments from Fitzgerald's past, the story follows him as he arrives on the MGM lot, falls in love with brassy gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, begins work on The Last Tycoon, and tries to maintain a semblance of family life with the absent Zelda and their daughter, Scottie.

Written with striking grace and subtlety, this wise and intimate portrait of a man trying his best to hold together a world that's flying apart, if not gone already, is an American masterpiece.

About the author

Stewart O'Nan is the author of a dozen award-winning novels, as well as several books of nonfiction.

Summary

A dazzling, intimate and wise novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald's final years.

Foreword

A dazzling, intimate and wise novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald's final years.

Report

The heart of the novel is his penetrating description of Fitzgerald's troubled self. The Sunday Times

Product details

• Authors: Stewart Nan, O&apos, Stewart O'Nan
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781925266122
• ISBN: 978-1-925266-12-2
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Allen & Unwin
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Fiction: general and literary