Careless People : Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of the Great Gatsby (Hardcover)

from seasonsoflove

I love true crime, and I love The Great Gatsby (I think its concluding sentences are honestly some of the finest ever written), so that I would love this book seemed like a given. And I did love this book, even more than I expected. Churchwell explores the fascinating, heartbreaking, scandalous. ...

from LeahMo

In 1922, Fitzgerald was 26, returning to New York for the publication of Tales of the Jazz Age. Already a wildly successful writer, he and his vivacious wife Zelda soon became absorbed in the glamorous lifestyle of jazz age NY. Prohibition meant that booze was flowing more freely than ever before...

from stephengoldenberg

If you think Gatsby is one of the greatest 20th century novels as I do, then this is a very useful companion to it. Some excellent analysis of the novel well interspersed with biographical details and social history - although perhaps rather too much on the notorious murder case which may have in...

from Beamis12

3.5. The nineteen twenties were a very interesting period in history and what made Fitzgerald so fascinating is that his novels documented this period, the Jazz age, perfectly. A fascinating look at this time, of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, their opulent lifestyle, his struggles to keep writing a...

from Jcambridge

Having recently read Z, I had high hopes for this book. While I found it interesting, with a lot of interesting historical detail from the 20s, it was not an easy read. It got to the point I felt like I was reading a doctoral dissertation. I would recommend it to anyone who is an avid fan of Fitz...