First published 2007
Nick Carraway arrives in Long Island's gold coast, a Midwestern outsider drawn into the decadent world of his cousin Daisy and her brutal, wealthy husband Tom. His mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby seems to watch the shoreline with impossible longing—a self-made millionaire whose entire existence revolves around reclaiming a lost love. As summer intensifies, Nick witnesses the collision of old money, new money, and raw human desire. Gatsby's elaborate parties mask a desperate plan to win Daisy back, ignoring the violent social boundaries that will ultimately destroy him. Each character becomes a weapon in their own destruction, with Nick as the sole witness to a tragedy that will consume them all.
Genres: fiction, classics, american-fiction, 20th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York
Period: 1920s
319 pages · Paperback · Boomer Books