{"product_id":"max-perkins-editor-of-genius-national-book-award-winner-9780425223376","title":"Max Perkins: Editor of Genius: National Book Award Winner","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe National Book Award winner from Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg is now celebrating its 40th anniversary.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 Perkins'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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the Major Motion Picture \u003ci\u003eGenius\u003c\/i\u003e, Starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, and Jude Law.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16174155\"\u003eA. Scott Berg\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.50w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780425223376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 042522337X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO025000\"\u003eEditors, Journalists, Publishers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAN\"\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAN002000\"\u003eWriting | Authorship\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Scott Berg\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of five biographies: \u003ci\u003eMax Perkins: Editor of Genius\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eGoldwyn\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship; \u003ci\u003eLindbergh\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eKate Remembered\u003c\/i\u003e, his biographical memoir of Katharine Hepburn; and \u003ci\u003eWilson\u003c\/i\u003e, the definitive biography of twenty-eighth president Woodrow Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48458824548589,"sku":"9780425223376","price":25.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_ed143964-c0fd-47ba-bd89-1d0a4328fd9d.jpg?v=1753620067","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/max-perkins-editor-of-genius-national-book-award-winner-9780425223376","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}