Nick Carraways mysterious neighbour Gatsby gazes across the dark bay at a distant green light. As the summer unfolds, Nick is drawn into Gatsbys world of luxury cars, speedboats and extravagant parties. But the more he hears about Gatsby even from what Gatsby himself tells him the less he seems to believe. Did he really go to Oxford University? Was Gatsby a hero in the war? Did he once kill a man? Nick recalls how he comes to know Gatsby and how he also enters the world of his cousin Daisy and her wealthy husband Tom. Does their money make them any happier? Do the stories all connect? Shall we come to know the real Gatsby after reading Nicks account of that fateful summer?Nick Carraways mysterious neighbour Gatsby gazes across the dark bay at a distant green light.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald(1896—1940) was an American writer, now widely regarded as one of the greatest of the 20th century. Among his works areTender is the Night,The Last Tycoon, andThe Great Gatsby. His works are windows into the “Jazz Age” America of the 1920s.