Can anyone recommend some good rise-and-fall type of stories?

>>7670641
Brief History of Seven Killings is basically a Jamaican Scarface with aspects of Latin American novel structure.

One of my new fav books.

Watch Spartacus Season 1-2 but backwards. Prequel first.

>>7670691
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks anon.

>>7670691
Also reccing, great book

Balzac's "Lost Illusions"

Maybe you are interested in Joseph Campbell's "The Hero's Journey". The book is a chore to read but the thesis is really interesting.

>>7670641
Jude the Obscure is a tiny rise and then basically 200 pages of fall

Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

Ok, not memeing now, Macbeth, The Egyptian (Waltari) and Barry Lyndon might be what you're looking for. (Admittedly, I only watched the Kubrick adaptation of Barry Lyndon, don't know how much it deviates from the book.)