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

399 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime reflective slow-paced

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Tracing the genesis of a masterpiece, a Fitzgerald scholar follows the novelist as he begins work on The Great Gatsby.   The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame, days from turning twenty-six years old, and returning ...

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