Genius plot
"Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe."
Genius tells the true story of the relationship between literary heavyweight Thomas Wolfe (Law) and famed publisher Max Perkins (Firth). Already at a young age, the charismatic Wolfe is very successful. Perkins is one of the most respected and best-known literary publishers in the world, discovering iconic novelists such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. When Wolfe and Perkins meet, a tender but complex friendship develops that will change the lives of both brilliant but very different men forever.