Breaking Down Fitzgerald

Breaking Down Fitzgerald will feature an overview of Fitzgerald’s life and an investigation of the composition, characters, larger themes, and symbols in his work as they relate to society today. The goal of the book is to clarify some essential facts about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life and to address important themes underlying works such as The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, and The Beautiful and Damned. The book will showcase the multiple genres in Fitzgerald’s world; a thematic tour through Fitzgerald’s fiction; and explanation of why Fitzgerald remains one of the great American voices heard, and spoken, around the world.