3.2“Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.”/ June 10, 2016
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
“Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.”
Max Perkins
Thomas Wolfe
Aline Bernstein
Louise Saunders
Curated based on cinematic style, tone, and audience acclaim
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Zelda Fitzgerald
John Wheelock
Assistant Editor
Bertha Perkins
Zippy Perkins
Julia Wolfe
