{"product_id":"the-crack-up-f-scott-fitzgerald-9780811218207","title":"The Crack-Up","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Crack-Up\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death, this revealing collection of his essays--as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos--tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss. \"Fitzgerald's physical and spiritual exhaustion is described brilliantly,\" noted \u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e: \"the essays are amazing for the candor.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811218201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811218207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"F. Scott Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050977882367,"sku":"9780811218207","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1af90e04-edd3-4a0e-b04e-6c5da1902277.jpg?v=1685010363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-crack-up-f-scott-fitzgerald-9780811218207","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}