{"product_id":"books-max-perkins-editor-of-genius-by-a-scott-berg","title":"Max Perkins, Editor of Genius","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow the Major Motion Picture \u003ci\u003eGenius\u003c\/i\u003e, Starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jude Law.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe National Book Award winner from Pulitzer-Prize winning author A. Scott Berg.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and numerous others. But Maxwell Perkins remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not only as editor but also as critic, career manager, moneylender, psychoanalyst, father-confessor, and friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This outstanding biography, a winner of the National Book Award, is the first to explore the fascinating life of this genius editor \u003ci\u003eextraordinare\u003c\/i\u003e--in both the professional and personal domains. It tells not only of Perkin's stormy marriage, endearing eccentricities, and secret twenty-five-year romance with Elizabeth Lemmon, but also of his intensely intimate relationships with the leading literary lights of the twentieth century. It is, in the words of \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, an admirable biography of a wholly admirable man.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480353857809,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780525154273_62fcab26-30ef-43af-818f-c6db7f779b91.jpg?v=1777546484","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-max-perkins-editor-of-genius-by-a-scott-berg","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}