{"product_id":"west-of-sunset-9780143128243","title":"West of Sunset","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"mesmerizing and haunting\" (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald's last years in Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long over. In poor health, with his wife consigned to an asylum and his finances in ruin, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose last three years of Fitzgerald's life are the focus of Stewart O'Nan's graceful and elegiac novel \u003ci\u003eWest of Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e. With flashbacks to Fitzgerald's glamorous Jazz Age 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 their daughter, Scottie. 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. Written with striking grace and subtlety, this is a wise and intimate portrait of a man trying his best to hold together a world that's flying apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143128243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2016 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stewart O'Nan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43418171605173,"sku":"9780143128243","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e23475db-fc76-43a4-8e42-da320cbf0a1c.jpg?v=1703002817","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/west-of-sunset-9780143128243","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}