On Booze
F. Scott Fitzgerald
(Author)
Description
"First you take a drink," F. Scott Fitzgerald once noted, "then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." Fitzgerald wrote alcohol into almost every one of his stories. On Booze gathers debutantes and dandies, rowdy jazz musicians, lost children and ragtime riff-raff into a newly compiled collection taken from The Crack-Up, and other works never before published by New Directions. On Booze portrays "The Jazz Age" as Fitzgerald experienced it: roaring, rambunctious, and lush -- with quite a hangover.Product Details
Price
$10.95
$10.18
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
June 28, 2011
Pages
96
Dimensions
4.61 X 7.01 X 0.66 inches | 0.19 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780811219266
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About the Author
Francis Scott (Key) Fitzgerald's (1896-1940) posthumous literary reputation has remained consistently strong despite many highs and lows throughout his brief life. His best-known novel, The Great Gatsby (1925) remains a critical favorite along with Tender is the Night (1934). Most of Fitzgerald's works are loosely based on his life, including his wife Zelda's insanity and his appreciation for personal indulgence and self-destructive excess.
Reviews
Smart, sophisticated, and evocative.
Smart, sophisticated, and evocative. "
His writing is a kind of subdued magic, controlled and exquisite, the sort of thing you get from good string quartets. --Raymond Chandler"
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly s wings. --Ernest Hemingway"
Smart, sophisticated, and evocative. "
His writing is a kind of subdued magic, controlled and exquisite, the sort of thing you get from good string quartets. --Raymond Chandler"
His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly s wings. --Ernest Hemingway"
