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The Great Gatsby
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This is an all right-ish kind of novel, I suppose, but I always preferred Fitzgerald鈥檚 little-known prequel The Average Gatsby, although some people found the vision of Mervyn Gatsby, Jay鈥檚 obscure brother, living a reasonably okayish life as the manager of a carpet and upholstery warehouse in Des Moines a trifle dispiriting. I quite agree that The Bad Gatsby was a shameless self-ripoff which did Fitzgerald no favours. (The threesome scene between Warren Harding, John Dillinger and Gatsby was in poor taste and I do not see how it got past the censor. I have never been able to look at a set of deer antlers without blushing ever again.) And I must say that these new franchised-out novels like The Late Gatsby (Jay as vampire, inevitable I suppose), The Grape Gatsby (must be aimed at the vegan crowd) and The Lesbian Gatsby (in which 鈥� surprise 鈥� he never was a man), followed up by The Straight Gatsby - and The Groped Gatsby in which he was recovering from sexual abuse at the hands of Warren Harding - what can one say - The Ingrate Gatsby (in which he doesn't get rich and is really bitter) - must have literature fans gnawing each other鈥檚 kindles in sheer angst. They鈥檙e a disgrace. I have even seen a superhero graphic novel called Batgatsby. Or did I dream that. Hmm. Maybe there isn鈥檛 a Batgatsby. I wonder if it would sell鈥� I bet it would. Batgatsby.
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The correct title for the vampire version should, of course, be The Late Gatsby.
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you're right - do you mind if I steal that?
haha, of course not. I am sitting here at work just thinking of puns right now.
keep em coming... I added The Straight Gatsby.
The Freight Gatsby, an ill-fated Thomas the Tank Engine spinoff.
just added The Ingrate Gatsby
Lesbian, Straight, The Gay Gatsby
Not forgetting the OAP version, The Great-Great Gatsby.
Sounds like it really grates on your nerves. A really grating book. Makes you grate. It isn't great, but it grates. You might then call it . . . you might call it . . . The Shite Gatsby.
rather disrespectful!
but... er... The Groped Gatsby...
The Heavyweight Gatsby, an improbable tale of Jay getting in shape and challenging Dempsey for the world title.
Gosh, how coincidental this appears on the day the movie opens. In that spirit, I submit the (non-existent) straight-to-video 1996 release, The Bait: Gatsby, in which detectives recruit the confused playboy (Matthew Modine--what? I said it was straight-to-video) as a lure to catch the notorious flapper serial killer Daisy (Linda Fiorentino). It spawned two sequels, but don't bother with those.
it's no co-incidence, Kirk. This very review is part of the giant publicity machine.
Did you know about Trimalchio?
I do now but The Great Trimalchio sounds like a really tiresome magician who does things with coins and children's noses.
Who would turn up their nose when you can count your coins by the bushelful?
LOL Too funny, Paul. I, too, found the novel to be . . . underwhelming and flat, to say the least. All of the hype I've heard throughout thr years about thr novel was over-inflated. Meh!
One may order all of the above from Amazon, and receive a free companion book, "Roaring Twenties Photography", by F-stop Fitzgerald.
Paul, I do feel that the Great Gatsby was a confussing and hard to read book, but when you get to the end and everything comes together, i think it deserves way more then just an "all right-ish" review. I thought it was a wonderful book and very well written.
Yes, Dee, I was being a little bit cheeky there...!
Don't forget Gatsby-Gate, when his illegal business dealings unravel, and he ends up destitute, alone and fearing jail.
...and The Taxed Gatsby, where it's discovered that he has only paid tax at 0.4% of his net profit and his mansion is sold to pay his tax bill.
Paul, you have got Gatsby!
that's good isn't it? is that death by faint praise? (a terrible death)
I think I saw a version in text language. Th3 Gr8 G4tsby.
How about The Lapsed Gatsby? I can't recall if the original hints at which religious faith he may have been raised in?
A little belated, but how about The Late Great Gatsby?
Also, The Great Fatsby, The Great Fratsby, The Small Bratsby.....oh yes, the one where he becomes a rock star : The Great Stratocatsby
OMG I wish someone would write these...
" The Freight Gatsby, an ill-fated Thomas the Tank Engine spinoff."::dies::
I almost didn't click on the "like" button, because it had 69 likes. I'm guessing that would've been a great number for The Bad Gatsby's review. Or is that perhaps too tame?Incidentally, I have to admit that I couldn't resist googling The Average Gatsby... just to be on the safe side, you understand.
Batgatsby extends belated thanks for your vote.
Funniest review I've read! The comments are brilliant!
yes, the comments are better than the review
I have read "The Great Gatsby," but never "The Average Gatsby." Based on your review, I have now added it to my TBR stack and also plan to read others in the series.
Please write reviews of these less well known Gatsbys!
I plan to, but so far I have been unable to find a source for the books. Are they all out of print? Where did you purchase your copies?
Well, I never did find any physical copies. They seem to be rather scarce.
Did you see the recent release of Harding's sexy letters? I don't know if any were to Gatsby, however.
I never heard of this before - heads will roll!
Thanks Paul and all you commentors for my morning laugh! Not sure how I missed your review before, but I'm glad all these comments had piled up before I saw it in my feed. :)
this is one of my favourite bunch of messages ever...
Read this on the bus trip back to the office. And now I am composed enough to react...
I will take that as a compliment.
Paul wrote: "I will take that as a compliment."You most definitely should. Now get back to work.
