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Book Review By Angela Allan
Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald by Scott Donaldson

In Scott Donaldson's biography of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, a fresh perspective of his works is examined through Fitzgerald's many obsessions with love. Ranging from childhood sweethearts to his final companion, Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham, the book discusses more than just his wife Zelda's impact on her husband's work. Each relationship is examined in conjunction with various female characters in his novels. The biography also provides a history of Fitzgerald's alcoholism.


Plot & Themes
job/profession:
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Family, hate Yes
Struggle with: - Wife
The difficult family member - is mentally ill
Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes
Struggle with - alcohol
Period of greatest activity? - 1900+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
United States Yes
The US: - California
Europe Yes
Century: - 1900-1920's

Writing Style
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful
Graphic sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: -
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book
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