The Love of the Last Tycoon, or The Last Tycoon, is the final novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was unfinished until a friend of Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson, had it posthumously published in 1941.
The story follows the life of Hollywood studio manager Monroe Stahr. Alongside him is his business partner and film producer Pat Brady and his daughter Cecilia, as their lives collide with one another, and other factors complicate a string of events that lead to a terrible fate for Monroe and Pat.
The novel was adapted into a film in 1976 by Elia Kazan with Robert De Niro as Monroe Stahr, Robert Mitchum as Pat Brady, and Theresa Russell as Cecilia Brady.
This novel contains these examples:
- Blackmail: Pat attempted to blackmail Monroe into leaving the industry after having uncovered his dirty secrets. It doesn't work.
- Driven to Suicide: Cecilia and Wylie find out that Mr. Schwartz committed suicide after having parted ways with them in Nashville.
- Love-Obstructing Parents: Cecilia's father, Pat, doesn't like the idea of Monroe establishing a relationship with her - more so when he finds about his other lover Kathleen.
- Precocious Crush: Cecilia has had a crush on Monroe (who is her father's business partner) for many years, before starting to get into a real relationship with him.
- Professional Killer: Pat hires a hit man to get rid of Monroe after having grown sick of him, but the attempt fails. Monroe does the same in retaliation, but he doesn't live to find out its success or call it off.
