![]() ![]() Frank Charles, who believes everyone he interrogates about Gatsby’s death is an “incurable liar.” Loneliness, homesickness, and the “forever endless winding river” of grief pursue Daisy as justice is served. a Cannes chateau and the ultimate extravagances of East Egg. Cantor successfully captures the style and tone of the 1925 novel with vivid details, such as Daisy’s “lavish honeymoon in the South Seas” a life of luxury in Santa Barbara, Calif. ![]() There’s “careless, carefree” Daisy Buchanan from Louisville, Ky., who “wanted to be someone who mattered” her ambitious, sporty childhood best friend, Jordan Baker, who is embroiled in a women’s golf circuit scandal and Catherine McCoy, who leaves the family farm for New York City, where she works for the National Women’s League, attends suffrage meetings, and worries about the bruises on her sister. Here, Cantor imagines a woman shooting Gatsby in “.” Three women figure prominently in the narrative. ![]() In Fitzgerald’s version, it was George Wilson who killed Jay Gatsby. ![]() Cantor ( Half Life) succeeds brilliantly with this audacious revisionist murder mystery featuring characters from The Great Gatsby. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |