Careless People by Sarah Churchwell
Publisher: The Penguin Press (January 2014)
405 pages, eBook (purchased myself for $11.99)
Book Rating: 4 Stars
Content Note: Includes Light Swearing and Infidelity Themes
Part history, part biography and part literary criticism/theory, this book makes a thorough investigation of the influences surrounding F. Scott Fitzgerald as he wrote The Great Gatsby, as well as its reception after it was published. Fascinating combination of newspaper clippings, Fitzgerald's personal scrapbooks and correspondence, and the correspondence of friends, collected into nine topical areas to explore, that correlate to the nine chapters of the book itself. Interesting parallels are drawn between the book and the tumultuous lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, as it follows them from their heyday to the end of their lives. A bit dry and long-winded at times, but overall, an interesting read for anyone interested in delving further into The Great Gatsby or the 1920's in America.
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