NovelistJayMcInerneyexploresthelifeandwritingofFScottFitzgerald,whosemasterworkTheGreatGatsbyhasjustbeenfilmedforthefifthtime.FitzgeraldcapturedtherecklessspiritofNewYorklifeintheroaringtwenties-theflappers,theparties,thebootlegliquor,theinevitablereckoning,andthehangovertocome.InGatsby,hecreatedacharacterwhoreinventedhimselfforlove-justasFitzgeraldwould,notonce,buttwice.Fitzgeraldneverwroteanautobiography.Heleftussomethingbetter-letters.Romantic,arrogant,humbleletters;letterstoeditors,publishers,lovers,orfriends.Theselettersrevealtheinnerthoughtsofamanwhosereallifewasneverfarfromthefictionhewrote.