Nic Carraway doesnтАЩt belong amongst the super-rich, but when she scores a cheap summer lease in Long Island, it-girl Jay Gatsby becomes her neighbour.
Gatsby welcomes Nic to her opulent parties attended by the worldтАЩs A-list. And in return, Nic helps Gatsby reconnect with an old flame: NicтАЩs cousin, the ever-charming but now-married Danny Buchanan.
But no one can be careless like the rich. As the summer heats up, Nic finds herself tangled in a web of longing and ambition, betrayal and deceit. In a world where everyone is lying тАУ about and to themselves тАУ can Nic finally tell the truth?
For readers of The Paper Palace, this hot summer story genderflips and reimagines F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novelJane Crowther is the editor-in-chief of Total Film magazine, the vice chair of The London Film CriticsтАЩ Circle and a member of BAFTA and the CriticsтАЩ Choice Association. Her debut non-fiction book, an untitled celebration of cinema, will be published by HarperCollins in September 2024. This will be her debut novel.