Aug 20, 2008
The Last Tycoon | The Last Tycoon
At a glance:
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- First Published: 1941
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1930’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Social action, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Communism or communists, Murder or homicide, 1930’s, California, West, U.S., Gangsters, Organized crime, Disasters, Earthquakes, Hollywood, Natural disasters, Filmmaking or filmmakers, Unions or unionism
- Locales: Hollywood, CA, Santa Monica, CA
Places Discussed
*Hollywood. Section of the city of Los Angeles that is traditionally regarded as the
center of the American film industry. “Hollywood” is not so much a place as it is
an idea, and Fitzgerald’s novel is an attempt to understand that idea and give it flesh and
form. While the novel provides details of things that characterize Southern California—for
example, the primacy of automobiles and the lassitude Stahr notices in those who have lived too
long in the climate—there are also social observations peculiar to the film industry. In a
subculture obsessed...
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