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When writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest for West Egg, near New
York City, in the spring of 1922, he is swept into the dazzling
world of his fabulously wealthy neighbor, Jay Gatsby. No one knows
where Gatsby or his money comes from, but the parties at his
mansion are legendary. Aloof and above the fray, Gatsby scans the
crowd for one person in particular--Nick's beautiful, inscrutable
cousin Daisy Buchanan, who lives right across the bay. A sharp
satire of the Jazz Age and the American Dream, and one of the
twentieth century's greatest novels, The Great Gatsby is the
defining work of F. Scott Fitzgerald's career.
**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** 'This belated collection
shows us the depths of Fitzgerald's vision and talent. Only now are
we beginning to appreciate what was lost' The Pool I'd Die for You
is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by
F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender
Is the Night. All eighteen short fictions collected here were lost
in one sense or another: physically lost, coming to light only
recently; lost in the turbulence of Fitzgerald's later life; lost
to readers because his editors sometimes did not understand what he
was trying to write. These fascinating stories offer a new insight
into the arc of Fitzgerald's career, and demonstrate his stylistic
agility and imaginative power as a writer at the forefront of
Modern literature. Praise for I'd Die for You: 'Superbly edited and
annotated, this richly fascinating miscellany is a marvellous
reminder of what was lost when, at forty-four, a coronary killed
Fitzgerald' Sunday Times 'Forward-thinking for their time . . .
Fitzgerald was a master of short story writing' The Times 'This
much-vaunted collection of stories . . . is a ragtag bundle of
surprises, curios, irrelevancies and delights . . . We can marvel
at the strength of his imagination, his display of elegance and
precision' Sunday Telegraph 'Readers will find much to enjoy in
this gorgeously produced book' New York Times 'A beguiling
meditation on the dark side of wealth and the American dream'
Independent
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