Under the Red White and Blue - by Greil Marcus (Paperback)

The Great Gatsby by F.

Scott Fitzgerald is a timeless tale of the American Dream, exploring its allure, distortion, and exploitation.

Renowned critic Greil Marcus takes on the fascinating legacy of this classic novel in Under the Red White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchantment, and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby.

This book offers an "astute, challenging" (Kirkus Reviews) look at how The Great Gatsby has been understood, portrayed, distorted, misused, and kept alive in works by writers such as Philip Roth and Raymond Chandler, found echoes in the work of performers from Jelly Roll Morton to Lana Del Rey, and continued to rewrite both its own story and that of the country at large in the hands of dramatists and filmmakers from the 1920s to John Collins's 2006 Gatz and Baz Luhrmann's critically reviled (here celebrated) 2013 movie version--the fourth, so far.

Don't miss out on this in-depth exploration of the American Dream and its enduring impact on our culture and society.