West of sunset : a novel
(Book Club Express Bag)
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John Steinbeck Library - Book Club Shelf
BCE 22
1 available
BCE 22
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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John Steinbeck Library - Book Club Shelf | BCE 22 | 10 books and 1 discussion guide | On Shelf |
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Book Club Express Bag
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm. + 10 books ; 1 discussion guide.
Language
English
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A Salinas Public Library book club choice.
Description
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.
Those last three years of Fitzgerald’s life are the focus of Stewart O’Nan’s graceful and elegiac novel West of Sunset. 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 The Last Tycoon, 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
O'Nan, S. (2015). West of sunset: a novel . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Nan, Stewart. 2015. West of Sunset: A Novel. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)O'Nan, Stewart. West of Sunset: A Novel Penguin Books, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)O'Nan, Stewart. West of Sunset: A Novel Penguin Books, 2015.
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