This is the story of a man's rise to power in the world of business. Set in the 1930s, The Last Tycoon follows the ambitious Monroe Stahr, a Hollywood studio executive who is determined to make his mark in the industry. With a keen eye for talent and a knack
The Last Tycoon is an unfinished novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1941, it was published posthumously under this title, as prepared by his friend Edmund Wilson, a critic and writer. According to Publishers Weekly, the novel is "generally considered a roman à clef", with its lead character, Monroe Stahr, modeled after film producer Irving Thalberg. The story follows Stahr's rise to power in Hollywood, and his conflicts with rival Pat Brady, a character based on MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer.