{"product_id":"this-side-of-paradise-9780679447238","title":"This Side of Paradise","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald’s extraordinary career as a novelist  ended abruptly and unhappily, but it began with one of the most brilliant first novels  in the history of American literature. Published when its author was just twenty-three,  \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is about the education of a youth, and to this universal story  Fitzgerald brought the promise of everything that was new in the vigorous, restless  America during the years following World War I. Amory Blaine–egoistic, versatile,  callow, and imaginative–inhabits a book that is interwoven with songs, poems, playscripts,  and questions and answers. His growth from self-absorption to sexual awareness and  personhood is described by means of a continuous improvisatory energy and delight.  Far from being distracting, Fitzgerald’s formal inventiveness and verve only heighten  our sense that the world being described is our own modern world. A profound coherence  informs \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e–a coherence born of its author’s uncanny ability to  revel in the fragmented surfaces of human life while exploring and comprehending  its serene depths.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526064283991,"sku":"9780679447238","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-side-of-paradise-9780679447238","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}