tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post2987229848986163739..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): The Great Gatsby Published Today in 1925pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-9365017625243753192012-04-10T22:22:30.704-04:002012-04-10T22:22:30.704-04:00I'm with you Patti. I dread the movie. Though ...I'm with you Patti. I dread the movie. Though I have to say Justin Beiber as Tom Buchanan was an interesting piece of casting. Who knew Tom Buchanan sang? But I take Anne's point about its brevity. They'd probably make it look like a NIcholas Sparks book. BTW I agree with you. I'd call it the finest American novel as well.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22720396800461991382012-04-10T22:06:27.473-04:002012-04-10T22:06:27.473-04:00And the word count is so short it couldn't be ...And the word count is so short it couldn't be published today. It would be a "novella" and everybody knows those don't sell :-)<br /><br />This is one time when I'll be joyful about a new bad movie of a great book. I've written a novel about a man who imagines himself as Jay Gatsby (The Gatsby Game.) All that free publicity. Thanks Mr. DeCaprio!Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-42691347953875400582012-04-10T21:27:55.272-04:002012-04-10T21:27:55.272-04:00I'd certainly choose it as the best American n...I'd certainly choose it as the best American novel. My husband would probably choose Moby Dick. I dread the new movie.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-15047599911272049602012-04-10T21:12:29.969-04:002012-04-10T21:12:29.969-04:00And a number of major reviewers panned it. I still...And a number of major reviewers panned it. I still read it once a year. I don't know if it's perfect but I still can't find so much if a sentence that I'd change. And the next to final chapter where he talks about wealthy people...as angrily true today as Fitzgerald meant it be be back then.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.com