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Fool for Love

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Author: Scott Donaldson   Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage

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Fool for Love is Scott Donaldson's masterful biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald—written from a fresh and highly intimate perspective. Fool for Love follows Fitzgerald from his birthplace in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Princeton and upward into the highest reaches of literary and public success—and ultimately to Fitzgerald's untimely death in Hollywood at the age of forty-four, broke and nearly forgotten.

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“"The most penetrating psychological examination of the author ever written." -James L. W. West III, editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald”

"The most penetrating psychological examination of the author ever written." —James L. W. West III, editor of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald


"A stunning portrait. Full of intriguing insights. Donaldson comes close to what the inner man must have been." —Publishers Weekly

"Written with great polish and researched as fully as any work on Fitzgerald." —CHOICE

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About the Author

Scott Donaldson is one of the nation’s leading literary biographers. Among his many books are By Force of Will: The Life and Art of Ernest Hemingway; Archibald MacLeish: An American Life, winner of the Ambassador Book Award for Biography; and Hemingway vs. Fitzgerald: The Rise and Fall of a Literary Friendship.

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Fool for Love is Scott Donaldson's masterful biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald--written from a fresh and highly intimate perspective. Fool for Love follows Fitzgerald from his birthplace in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Princeton and upward into the highest reaches of literary and public success--and ultimately to Fitzgerald's untimely death in Hollywood at the age of forty-four, broke and nearly forgotten. This engrossing, definitive study explores two classic Fitzgerald themes throughout--love and class--and the result is a striking portrayal of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers, whose legacy and influence only continue to grow.

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Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Published
22nd August 2012
Pages
296
ISBN
9780816678204

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