Author Talk: Rob Kyff and "Gatsby's Secrets" (NWL)

What makes F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby so compelling and enduring? As we mark the centennial of the novel’s publication, Rob Kyff, author of the new book Gatsby’s Secrets, will answer that question.

Rob will describe how Fitzgerald weaves thematic elements as disparate as water, vision, ghosts, numbers, and stars into the fabric of the novel’s meaning; how secondary characters such as Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson and Blocks Biloxi parallel the main characters, contributing essential perspectives and comic relief; and how Fitzgerald chooses words precisely to craft the exquisite, rhapsodic passages that have been called “touchstones of American prose.” 

Registration required. Registration opens one month before the program at 7:00pm.