Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby by Sarah Churchwell

Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby

Sarah Churchwell

404 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime reflective slow-paced

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The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame, days from turning twenty-six years old, and returning to New York for the publication of his fourth book, Tales of the Jazz Age. A spokesman for America’s carefree younger gen...

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