{"product_id":"9780670785957","title":"Stewart O'nan - West of Sunset","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Stewart O'nan. Themes include Fiction, Historical, Literary, Biographical, Performing Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, sometimes heartbreaking (Dennis Lehane) novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald s last years in Hollywood \u003cbr\u003eLook out for\u003ci\u003e City of Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e coming from Viking on April 26, 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long over. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruins, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood. By December 1940, he would be dead of a heart attack. \u003cbr\u003e Those last three years of Fitzgerald s life, often obscured by the legend of his earlier Jazz Age glamour, are the focus of Stewart O Nan s gorgeously and gracefully written novel. 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e, and tries to maintain a semblance of family life with the absent Zelda and daughter, Scottie. \u003cbr\u003e Fitzgerald s orbit of literary fame and the Golden Age of Hollywood is brought vividly to life through the novel s romantic cast of characters, from Dorothy Parker and Ernest Hemingway to Humphrey Bogart. A sympathetic and deeply personal portrait of a flawed man who never gave up in the end, even as his every wish and hope seemed thwarted, \u003ci\u003eWest of Sunset \u003c\/i\u003econfirms O Nan as possibly our best working novelist (\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58560143950198,"sku":null,"price":12.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780670785957.jpg?v=1787930248","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780670785957","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}