Book
Careless people : murder, mayhem, and the invention of The great Gatsby
Publication Information
New York : The Penguin Press, 2014.
Physical Description
xxv, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
"Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby has become one of the world's best-loved books, delighting readers across the world. Careless People tells the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, exploring in newly rich detail the relation of Fitzgerald's classic to the chaotic world he in which he lived"--
Notes
Previously published: London : Virago, 2013.
Contents
- September 1922. Chapter one: Glamour of Rumsies and Hitchcoks ; Chapter two: Ash Heaps. Memory of 125th. Gt Neck
- October 1922. Chapter three: Goddards. Dwanns Swopes; Chapter four: Vegetable Days in New York. Memory of Ginevra's Wedding
- November 1922. Chapter five: The Meeting all an invention. Mary ; Chapter six: Bob Kerr's Story. The 2nd Party
- December 1922. Chapter seven: The Day in New York
- January 1923-December 1924. Chapter eight: The Murder (inv.)
- 1924-1940. Chapter nine: Funeral an invention
- Envoi: The Orgastic Future.