Scott Fitzgerald, a romantic and tragic figure who embodied the
decades between the two world wars, was a writer who took his
material almost entirely from his life. Despite his early success
with The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald battled against failure and
disappointment.
This book, by the acclaimed biographer of Hemingway, is the
first to analyze frankly the meaning as well as the events of
Fitzgerald's life and to illuminate the recurrent patterns that
reveal his inner self. Meyers emphasizes Fitzgerald's alcoholism,
Zelda's illnesses and her doctors, Fitzgerald's love affairs both
before and after her breakdown, and his wide-ranging friendships,
from the polo star Tommy Hitchcock to the Hollywood executive
Irving Thalberg. His writer friends included Ring Lardner, John Dos
Passos, James Joyce, Edith Wharton, and Dorothy Parker. His friend
and lifelong hero, Ernest Hemingway, was a harsh critic of both his
behavior and his novels, but Fitzgerald accepted this with
remarkable humility. Meyers portrays the volatile connection
between these two writers and Fitzgerald's marriage to the
schizophrenic Zelda with insight and poignancy. Meyers also
discusses Fitzgerald's fascinating relationship with his daughter,
Scottie. Exercising a fine critical balance, he details
Fitzgerald's weaknesses but ultimately reveals a man capable of
fierce loyalty and great moral courage.
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