George Foy
Auteur de The Shift
A propos de l'auteur
One of today's most highly praised science fiction writers, George Foy is the author of five acclaimed thrillers & two well-received literary novels. He was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship for 1994/95. (Bowker Author Biography)
Œuvres de George Foy
The Last Green Light 1 exemplaire
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- Autres noms
- G. F. Michelsen
- Date de naissance
- 1952-12-14
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu de naissance
- Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 317
- Popularité
- #74,565
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 22
- Langues
- 1
The undercover business is run out of a garage in the the ash heaps along the Flushing River, the eyes of Dr T. J. Eckleburg’s billboard hovering above like the eyes of God. The crew spend their days playing cards and keeping the yacht Daisy ready to go while waiting to hear about the next job. George Wilson is the mechanic, jealous and volatile, sure his wife Myrtle is stepping out on him.
Jon only gets glimpses of Jay’s life of wealth and excess, the luxury phaeton, the chateau, the gay parties. And the women! He falls for Jordan and is attracted to Stella, Wolfshiem’s secretary and niece. And then there is Daisy Buchanan, blonde like Jordan, married to the man who is seeing Myrtle, and the object of Gatsby’s love.
All of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most memorable scenes and places and people are there, and even nods to his most memorable quotes appear.
And yet this novel stands on its own, with its own memorable characters and quotable text, while deepening the themes that appear in The Great Gatsby. The illusory lure of wealth that brings no peace, the racism, the way those with money trod over the working class without compunction. Instead of Nick Carraway, smitten with Gatsby, Jon has a clearer view; willingly taking his share of the profit, he understands that those on the bottom of society can’t afford to have moral compunction. Jon’s idealism isn’t completely gone; he helps a Finnish speaking widow obtain a better job, bonds with the African American member of the crew, and becomes protective of Young Sam, Stella’s cousin.
Stella Wolfshiem gifts Jon one thing that helps him carry on after a loss that cruelly recalls a past loss. Barach dayan emet, blessed is the one true judge, an acknowledgement that we aren’t in control. Jon also draws comfort from Marcus Aurelius and his Stoic acceptance of life’s vagaries.
George and Myrtle, Jay and Jon were drawn to New York City’s glittering and seductive dream of a better life. Like Nick Carraway at the end of Fitzgerald’s novel, Jon returns to the Midwest and laboring at the bottom of a capitalist system. He brings with him illicit money to help his parents. And he recalls the young man who believed in an America that offered limitless possibilities to those who dared.
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