This Pulitzer Prize winning novel tells the story of a young man who parlays a cigar stand into a real estate empire before his uncontrollable flatulence costs him everything. (edited at 9:16 pm, September 23, 2017 (EDT))
Original question: A young man parlays a cigar stand into a real estate empire before his uncontrollable flatulence costs him everything.
Fartin Dressler (The Tale of an American Dreamer) (edited at 9:15 pm, September 23, 2017 (EDT))
Original Answer: Fartin Dressler (The Tale of an American Dreamer) winner of the 1997 Pulitzer for fiction even before this obvious plot improvement