{"product_id":"on-booze-9780811239943","title":"On Booze","description":"\"First you take a drink,\" F. Scott Fitzgerald once noted, \"then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.\" Fitzgerald wrote alcohol into almost every one of his stories. \u003cem\u003eOn Booze\u003c\/em\u003e gathers debutantes and dandies, rowdy jazz musicians, lost children and ragtime riff-raff into an intoxicating collection taken from \u003cem\u003eThe Crack-up\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Jazz Age\u003c\/em\u003e, and other works. \u003cem\u003eOn Booze\u003c\/em\u003e portrays Fitzgerald's wild era in unforgettable aphorisms, quips, and other short selections of writings: roaring, rambunctious, and lush--with quite a hangover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.90h x 4.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811239943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFitzgerald, F. Scott:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/strong\u003e was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was educated at Princeton University and served in the United States Army during World War I. His first novel, \u003cem\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e (1920), was a national bestseller; Fitzgerald followed it with three more complete novels and hundreds of popular short stories. \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e (1925), a timeless story of social class, race, and gender in America, remains his best-known work. Fitzgerald was living in Los Angeles, working on movie screenplays and a novel he called \u003cem\u003eThe Love of the Last Tycoon\u003c\/em\u003e, when he died of a heart attack on December 21, 1941, at the age of 44.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"F. Scott Fitzgerald \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47712095895709,"sku":"9780811239943","price":31.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dda840a3-d59c-46a6-af85-c6bc0ee81060.jpg?v=1773171486","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/on-booze-9780811239943","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}