Other Fitzgerald Fiction

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Over at The Smart Set, Colin Fleming tells us that now that the hoopla over Benjamin Button has died down, we can start reading some good Fitzgerald short stories:

But if the sentiments expressed in his letters are any indication, the Fitzgerald who worked his ass off in Hollywood, who failed over and over again, who was humiliated many more times than that, would tell you that Benjamin Button the film is pure treacle. He’d probably then go off on a bender, but not before first giving you the pages of “Crazy Sunday” — a Fitzgerald story that hardly anyone reads, and the ballsiest piece of Hollywood fiction ever written. If you want a Fitzgerald Tinseltown experience at the level of true art, go for “Crazy Sunday” — and it’s probably best not to make any plans for immediately afterward, as the yucks and the beer don’t flow so easily after you’ve set aside the story of 28-year-old continuity writer Joel Coles.

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