"The Great Gatsby" is essentially a time capsule, taking you straight into the roaring 1920s with all its glamour and darkness. If you're drawn to stories of grand parties, unrequited love, and the complex pursuit of the American Dream, this book's vivid prose and compelling characters, like the elusive Jay Gatsby, will haunt and intrigue you long after you turn the final page. It's a classic tale that reflects on both the allure and the moral vacuity of excess.

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I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited - they went there.After the war, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. When Gatsby finally does reunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic events are set in motion. Told through the eyes of his detached and omnipresent neighbour and friend, Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald's succinct and powerful prose hints at the destruction and tragedy that awaits.

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