The Beautiful and Damned
Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
ISBN: 9780141187815
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 25 Oct 2004
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
A reissue with a new introduction by Geoff Dyer
Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth.
But as money becomes tight, their marriage becomes impossible. And with their inheritance still distant, Anthony and Gloria must grow up and face reality; they may be beautiful but they are also damned.
ISBN: 9780141187815
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 25 Oct 2004
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
A reissue with a new introduction by Geoff Dyer
Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth.
But as money becomes tight, their marriage becomes impossible. And with their inheritance still distant, Anthony and Gloria must grow up and face reality; they may be beautiful but they are also damned.
