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Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby

Join professor Sarah Churchwell to hear the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece.

She carefully reconstructs the crucial months during which Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald returned to New York in the autumn of 1922—the drunken weekends at Great Neck, Long Island, the drives back into the city to the jazz clubs and speakeasies, the casual intersection of high society and organized crime, and the growth of celebrity culture of which the Fitzgeralds themselves were the epitome, as well as the high-profile murder that provided a crucial inspiration for The Great Gatsby.











When: Tue., Feb. 11, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: From $21
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Join professor Sarah Churchwell to hear the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece.

She carefully reconstructs the crucial months during which Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald returned to New York in the autumn of 1922—the drunken weekends at Great Neck, Long Island, the drives back into the city to the jazz clubs and speakeasies, the casual intersection of high society and organized crime, and the growth of celebrity culture of which the Fitzgeralds themselves were the epitome, as well as the high-profile murder that provided a crucial inspiration for The Great Gatsby.

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