Novelist Jay McKinnani explores the life and writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose masterpiece The Great Gatsby has just been filmed for the fifth time. Fitzgerald captured the reckless spirit of the roaring New York life of the 1920s - the barriers, parties, private drinks, inevitable liquidation, and the impending hangover. In Gatsby, he portrays a character who reshapes himself for love - just like Fitzgerald, not once, but twice. Fitzgerald has never written an autobiography. He left us something better - letters. Romantic, arrogant, and humble letters; A letter to an editor, publisher, lover, or friend. These letters reveal a person's inner thoughts that their real life has never been far from the novels they write.