UNDER THE RED WHITE AND BLUE: Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby

Marcus takes on the fascinating legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. An enthralling parable of the American Dream as a beckoning finger toward a con game, a kind of virus infecting artists of all sorts over nearly a century, Fitzgerald's story has become a key to American culture and American life itself. Illus.