Despite being half-finished when he died, ''The Last Tycoon'' still showed his creative talent, and some critics have placed it on a higher par over ''The Great Gatsby''. Edmund Wilson had successfully lobbied to get his works back into print, earning for Fitzgerald the acclaim he was due. | Despite being half-finished when he died, ''The Last Tycoon'' still showed his creative talent, and some critics have placed it on a higher par over ''The Great Gatsby''. Edmund Wilson had successfully lobbied to get his works back into print, earning for Fitzgerald the acclaim he was due. |