Fool for Love

Fool for Love is Scott Donaldsons masterful biography of F. Scott Fitzgeraldwritten from a fresh and highly intimate perspective. Fool for Love follows Fitzgerald from his birthplace in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Princeton and upward into the highest reaches of literary and public successand ultimately to Fitzgeralds untimely death in Hollywood at the age of forty-four, broke and nearly forgotten. This engrossing, definitive study explores two classic Fitzgerald themes throughoutlove and classand the result is a striking portrayal of one of the twentieth centurys greatest writers, whose legacy and influence only continue to grow.