May Day, Fitzgeralds first great novelette, mingles autobiographical details with events from contemporary history. In May 1919, after an interfraternity dance at Delmonicos, Fitzgerald was bounced out of the FiftyninthStreet Childs for a disturbance similar to the one created by Peter Himmel in the story. At the same time, the assault on the New York Trumpet by a mob of drunken soldiers parallels a raid on the socialist New York Call during the red scare of 1919. Like many of Fitzgeralds stories from Tales of the Jazz Age, May Day includes a "touch of disaster"in this case the violent despair of downandout Yale man Gordon Sterrettwhich is contrasted with the oblivious pursuit of pleasure by Gordons double, his wealthy, manabouttown classmate, Philip Dean. May Day is a masterpiece from one of Americas greatest writers. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6by9inch format by Waking Lion Press.

Binding: Paperback;72 pages; Publisher: The Editorium; Classification: FA; Weight: 238 g; Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 4

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