The Great Gatsby: Francis Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby (1925) is F. Scott Fitzgerald`s classic novel of the Jazz Age and one of the greatest works of the twentieth century. It is the story of a charismatic figure drawn to his own destruction through infatuation with a girl called Daisy, whose voice is `full of money`.
Having mysteriously accumulated a fortune after World War I, the charming Gatsby pursues the American Dream of wealth and influence to its glittering limits only to discover the emptiness that lies at its core.
`An American masterpiece in its final form: the original crystal has shaped itself into the true diamond.`
James Dickey, poet and novelist