The Great Gatsby

This is one of those classics that I really should have read way before now. F Scott Fitzgerald's most famous work and usually taken as the defining book of the jazz age. I was not one of those people who studied it at school and I have not seen any of the films but decided to pick up a copy to read now in my 30s. I have to admit I was impressed. The prose reads in a surprisingly modern way and really does capture the changing cultural mores of the time. Yes, I can get the criticism that not a huge amount happens, but that is besides the point - what does happen is written well and captures the life of the 1920s in a way that I have not seen any other book do.

This is a short novel, and worth a read to anyone who has an interest in that period in history or anyone who appreciates a well crafted story.