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The Book Show #1384 - Stewart O'Nan

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published January 27, 2015 at 3:06 PM EST
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  In novelist Stewart O' Nan’s latest novel, West of Sunset, he imagines F. Scott Fitzgerald's final years, which he spent in Hollywood. He is living in an apartment, in poor health, struggling with alcoholism, and is increasingly despondent over his declining literary reputation.

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