The End of Ambition

The 1st Novel by R. Bowen Tibbetts, Jr.

Avery Gable is drawn to the shining lights of Los Angeles from the shadows of Middle America. Arriving with little in the way of connections and even less in his pockets, his work ethic and charisma soon land him on surreal productions alongside the likes of Orson Welles and Walt Disney.

Alternatively championed for successes and blamed for failures, Avery rides the waves of The Golden Age of Hollywood until he is forced make a draw a line between professional responsibilities and his own moral code.

22 years later, a young woman arrives on Avery’s doorstep with an ambiguous connection to his past and more questions than answers. The temperature of the city rises around the newly made pair and threatens to swallow them whole.

This is a novel about ghosts of days gone by, larger-than-life movie sets, burst water mains, well-timed cheeseburgers, all-female reboots of classic westerns, and the cost of greatness.

Literary Fiction. For fans of The Day of the Locust and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Full manuscript available upon request.