Vladimíra Žáková Boeken

A psychological and social novel that captures the atmosphere of early 20th-century New York, where crime intertwines the fates of various individuals for a single day. The story unfolds over 24 hours, revealing how seemingly unrelated events intricately connect and transform the relationships of several very different people from various social strata within the New York population.

Anthony Patch and Gloria Gibson are the golden children of the Jazz Age. They marry and embark on a life of glittering parties, lavish expenditure and scandalous revelry. When the money dries up their marriage founders. In this wistful novel Fitzgerald portrays the decline of youthful promise with devastating clarity.