The Cruise of the Rolling Junk - Softcover

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184391462X ISBN 13: 9781843914624

Publisher: Hesperus Press, 2011

Synopsis

In an early series of journalistic pieces for an American magazine, Motor, F. Scott Fitzgerald described a journey he took with his wife Zelda from Connecticut to Alabama in a clapped out automobile which he called the 'Rolling Junk'. It is a piece of writing whose style, in free-ranging alternation of fact and fiction, has been compared to Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. This book collects together the articles as one text, illustrated with the original illustrations of Fitzgerald, Zelda and the 'Junk'.

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Review:

"As an entertaining diversion, "[The Cruise of Rolling] Junk "hits the mark...[it] is a rediscovered gem." --The Rumpus

"As an entertaining diversion, [The Cruise of Rolling] Junk hits the mark...[it] is a rediscovered gem." --The Rumpus

About the Author:

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), one of America's greatest novelists, encapsulated the ethos of a generation in his fiction. His acknowledged masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, stands as one of the high points of twentieth-century literature. Paul Theroux is an American writer whose works include travelogues such as The Great Railway Bazaar (1975) and Dark Star Safari (2002) as well as novels such as The Mosquito Coast (1981). He lives in Hawaii and in Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hesperus Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 184391462X
• ISBN 13: 9781843914624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98