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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button And Two Other Stories (2008)

by F. Scott Fitzgerald(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0141039345 (ISBN13: 9780141039343)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Penguin Books

review 1: An interesting collection of shorts, displaying a very different Fitzgerald to what I remember from having read The Great Gatsby at school.Benjamin Button feels like a classic sci-fi short by H G Wells done as a radio play. Covering the main protagonist's whole life within a brief 34 pages, it seems more an interesting idea sketched out than a full story. Also, while I could suspend disbelief at the idea of a 70 year old baby I couldn't fathom the idea of one being born nearly six feet tall.The second short, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, is much more in the Gatsby vein. This kind of black exploration of the rich very much made me think of the strong echoes visible some 50 years later in Brett Easton Ellis' writings. This was my pick of the three.The last, The Diamond as Big as th... moree Ritz, combines both sci-fi-esque and super-wealth themes, with an absurdity which pre-dates writers I am more familiar with such as Joseph Heller. Odd but good.
review 2: This was a short read. Finished it in one sitting. It may be short but it's importance cannot be denied. I have always been fascinated with F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels and this is no exception. Although I really liked 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', I think I liked 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz' more. Too bad its just a short story. It would have been great if it was a full length novel. less

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