The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

from DRFP

A selection of Fitzgerald's "best short work" (according to the blurb on the back of this old paperback) from across his short story collections published in the 1920s. All the stories herein are of good quality though, not to sound too harsh, that's all they are. Competent stories every one of t...

from roblong

Oversold to me, I think, as a few people I know rate this as a favourite. A decent story about insane wealth and obsession with money, I thought, but not much more.

from Ameise1

When John T. Unger is sent to the country's most expensive and exclusive boys' school, his parents are proud and he is thrilled. Does it mean to come out of Hades - "Yes, it's hot down there" - a small town on the Mississippi that can be considered nothing but provincial. At St. Midas School, eve...