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[A] model of compression and enlightenment...an all-encompassing image of F. Scott Fitzgerald in the winter of his life.

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“(A) model of compression and enlightenment . . . an all-encompassing image of F. Scott Fitzgerald in the winter of his life.” --The San Francisco Chronicle --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   13 of 14 people found the following review helpful: A Chronicle of a Dying Star, March 25, 2000 By  Kritina Johnston (Baltimore, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Against the Current: As I Remember F. Scott Fitzgerald (Paperback) This is a wonderful book, poignant yet revealing, just like the man it is about. Frances Kroll Ring was Fitzgerald's secretary in the last few years of his life. What she details in her memoir will enlighten anyone who has only ever thought of Fitzgerald as merely an alcoholic who just stumbled into writing. Yes, she records that he was drinking well up to his death, but he was also doing something important. He was in the middle of writing "The Last Tycoon", a work that was to be unlike his previous efforts, more mature and reflecting a different sensibility. But, as one finds out at the end of "Against the Current", he never realized his goal. The great work was left unfinished, and therefore one more tragedy closed the curtain on an already sad life.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?