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

432 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime reflective slow-paced

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Kirkus (STARRED review)Churchwell... has written an excellent book... she's earned the right to play on Fitzgerald's] court. Prodigious research and fierce affection illumine every remarkable page."The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at ...

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emotional 7%
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