Adam Blakeney

LITERATURE & MODERN FIRSTS

Adam joined the Shapero team in 2020, bringing with him over 30 years of knowledge of 20th-century literature. Working closely with Bernard Shapero and Angus Robb, Adam focuses on literature and collections.

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Selected by Adam Blakeney

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FITZGERALD, F. Scott.

Tender is the Night.

Stock Code 109677

New York, 1934.

Fitzgerald worked for six years on his most accomplished and ambitious novel. Its complex structure and delayed publication met with little critical acclaim. Fitzgerald's star had already faded after the crash of 1929. As the decades passed however - and especially post Mitzner's 1948 book The Other Side of Paradise - Tender is the Night became more and more obviously a masterpiece. Also - there were few more beautiful books issued ever. The present example - totally unsophisticated, and truly lovely.

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