Max Perkins : editor of genius

Berg, A. Scott (Andrew Scott)2013

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The talents Max Perkins nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe among others. But the man himself remained a mystery, a backstage presence. This biography explores both his professional and private lives. The talents Maxwell Perkins nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe among numerous others. But the man himself remained a mystery, a backstage presence who served these authors not only as editor but as critic, career manager, moneylender, psychoanalyst, confessor and friend. This outstanding biography, a winner of the National Book Award, is the first to explore the fascinating life of this editor extraordinaire in both professional and personal domains. It tells not only of Perkins' stormy marriage 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. 'Fascinating . . . Berg's exceptionally clear-headed and moving account of the great editor's career and personality helps us achieve some unique, entertaining and uncomfortable insights into the literary process' The Listener 'An extraordinarily fine and moving portrait of the man who assembled America's favourite literary gang - Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Wolfe & Company' Russell Baker 'A highly readable work of literary history' New York Times Book Review 'In the history of American publishing there is no more legendary - and elusive - figure than Maxwell Evarts Perkins . . . Now the mystery has been solved in Scott Berg's exhaustive, penetrating, and wholly satisfying biography . . . Scrupulous, thoughtful, touching, memorable, and eminently rewarding' The Miami Herald 'A. Scott Berg's Max Perkins: Editor of Genius seems such a natural that it makes you wonder why no one ever thought of writing such a book before. [Among] the virtues of this biography is that Perkins emerges from the shadows . . . The details enrich the legend' The New York Times 'Max Perkins was the best of the best. This book brings him back alive' Erskine Caldwell