The Beautiful and Damned
Description
Fitzgerald's second novel, based on his relationship with Zelda, explores New York café society "The idea that to make a man work you’ve got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We’ve done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way." The heir to his grandfather's considerable fortune, Anthony Patch is led astray from the path to gainful employment by the temptations and distractions of the 1920s Jazz Age. His descent into dissolution and profligacy is accelerated by his marriage to the attrac...
ISBN(s)
1847492126, 9781847492128
