Careless People - Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby

Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby has become one of the world's best-loved books. Careless People tells the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, exploring in newly rich detail its relation to the extravagant, scandalous, and chaotic world in which the author lived. With wit and insight, Sarah Churchwell traces the genesis of a masterpiece, mapping where fiction comes from, and how it takes shape in the mind of a genius. Careless People tells the extraordinary tale of how F. Scott Fitzgerald created a classic and in the process discovered modern America.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Churchwell, Churchwell Sarah
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.03.2014
• EAN: 9781844087686
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-768-6
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Virago Press
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Zwanziger Jahre, 20er Jahre, Fitzgerald, F. Scott, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form