This book has become a staple of high school and college reading lists, but I never ran into it. Or had much interest. Then I keep reading how it is one of the most highly considered novels in American history (if not the Great American Novel), so thought I'd give it a try.But it didn't do much for me. Jay Gatsby is supposed to be an interesting character, but to me he's rather a caricature instead. Daisy is pretty much over the top also, as is her husband. I must have missed something.
It's a quick read and worth touring through. Now I'm interested in seeing a movie version (there have been several).
The foreward includes some interesting correspondence by the author. Fitzgerald actually talked about books remaining in the public eye longer if you could get teachers to put them on reading lists. Funny that it happened.
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