I'd Die For You: And Other Lost Stories

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERI'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F Scott Fitzgerald iconic author of The Great Gatsby & Tender Is the Night All eighteen short fictions collected here were lost in one sense or another physically lost coming to light only recently; lost in the turbulence of Fitzgerald's later life; lost to readers because his editors sometimes did not understand what he was trying to write These fascinating stories offer a new insight into the arc of Fitzgerald's career & demonstrate his stylistic agility & imaginative power as a writer at the forefront of Modern literature Praise for I'd Die for You Superbly edited & annotated this richly fascinating miscellany is a marvellous reminder of what was lost when at forty-four a coronary killed Fitzgerald' Sunday Times Forward-thinking for their time Fitzgerald was a master of short story writing' The Times This much-vaunted collection of stories is a ragtag bundle of surprises curios irrelevancies & delights We can marvel at the strength of his imagination his display of elegance & precision' Sunday Telegraph Readers will find much to enjoy in this gorgeously produced book' New York Times A beguiling meditation on the dark side of wealth & the American dream' Independent