{"product_id":"9781982147808","title":"The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel-written at a pivotal moment in his career-is now available in a beautifully designed special collector's edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning satire of the glamorous but doomed marriage between Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria. Harvard-educated Patch is waiting for his inheritance upon his grandfather's death. His marriage to Gloria is fueled by alcohol and destroyed by greed. This shallow, pleasure-seeking couple race through a series of fiascoes-first in hilarity, then in despair.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA devastating portrait of the nouveaux rich, New York nightlife, reckless ambition, and squandered talent, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1922 on the heels of Fitzgerald's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e. This keenly observed novel signaled Fitzgerald's maturity as a storyteller and confirmed his enormous talent as a novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight\/Width\/Depth (mm): \u003c\/strong\u003e191\/130\/38\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForm: \u003c\/strong\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599127494883,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781982147808.jpg?v=1712684753","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781982147808","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}