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Av författaren till THE BIG SHORT#1 på New York Times Bestsellerlista»Få har bättre koll på Wall Street än författaren Michael Lewis. Ingen annan amerikan jag känner till skriver åtminstone lika underhållande om pengar och makt.« | Jan Eklund, Dagens Nyheter »Ingen skriver bättre om siffror och pengar än Michael Lewis.« | Jan Gradvall, DI»Skrev jag att boken var spännande? Trots att den handlar om teknik och aktieaffärer lyckas han skapa en verklighetens thriller.« | Ernst Klein, Norrköpings Tidningar I Flash Boys skildrar ekonomijournalisten och författaren Michael Lewis hur en liten grupp upprorsmakare på Wall Street börjar inse att den amerikanska aktiemarknaden har riggats för att gynna folk på insidan. De slår sig samman några av dem lämnar jobb med astronomiska löner bakom sig för att utforska, avslöja och reformera det bedrägliga sätt som Wall Street genererar pengar på genom högfrekvenshandel.Flash Boys är oumbärlig läsning för alla som är intresserade av börshandel och Wall Street. Samtidigt är det en så spännande historia, så skickligt berättad, att vem som helst kommer att få svårt att lägga boken ifrån sig.MICHAEL LEWIS är den storsäljande författaren till The Big Short, Liar s Poker, Moneyball och The Blind Side. Han bor i Berkeley i Kalifornien.»Det här är facklitteratur, men till sin uppbyggnad liknar boken en spänningsroman.« | Kari Kapla, Dagens bok »När vår tids historia ska berättas kommer det inte att finnas några mer oumbärliga dokument än Michael Lewis böcker. Flash Boys fullbordar en trilogi som kartlägger den högst mänskliga historien om de senaste 30 årens globala korrumption av finansmarknaderna, kanske vår epoks viktigaste men minst förstådda brott.« | The Guardian»En mycket underhållande bok, som belyser hur mycket världen har förändrats på mindre än ett decennium.« | Los Angeles Times»Michael Lewis är ett geni och hans bok kommer att leda till en välbehövlig granskning av högfrekvenshandeln.« | New York Magazine»Kommer garanterat att få blodet att koka hos många.« | New York Times»Fullkomligt uppslukande.« | New York Review of Books»Spännande som en thriller.« | London Review of Books

"Guaranteed to make blood boil." —Janet Maslin, New York TimesIn Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together—some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries—to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits. If you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you.

THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.The current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War. Yet the economic meltdown could have been avoided, had it not been for the decisions taken by a small number of central bankers.In Lords of Finance, we meet these men, the four bankers who truly broke the world: the enigmatic Norman Montaguof the bank of England, Benjamin Strong of the NY Federal Reserve, the arrogant yet brilliant Hjalmar Schacht of the Reichsbanlk and the xenophobic Emile Moreau of the Banque de France. Their names were lost to history, their lives and actions forgotten, until now. Liaquat Ahamed tells their story in vivid and gripping detail, in a timely and arresting reminder that individuals - their ambitions, limitations and human nature - lie at the very heart of global catastrophe.

'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday TimesMichael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true.'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, Books of the Year'Jaw-dropping, astonishing ... Lewis has lit the touch paper' Liam Halligan, Spectator'The kind of writer who creates his own weather system' John Lanchester, London Review of Books'I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like' Malcolm Gladwell

'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday TimesMichael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true.'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, Books of the Year'Jaw-dropping, astonishing ... Lewis has lit the touch paper' Liam Halligan, Spectator'The kind of writer who creates his own weather system' John Lanchester, London Review of Books'I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like' Malcolm Gladwell

2015 Audie Award Finalist for NonfictionFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Blind Side and MoneyballFour years after his #1 bestseller The Big Short, Michael Lewis returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the US stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post-financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they come to this realization separately; but after they discover each other, the flash boys band together and set out to reform the financial markets. This they do by creating an exchange in which high-frequency trading—source of the most intractable problems—will have no advantage whatsoever.The characters in Flash Boys are fabulous, each completely different from what you think of when you think “Wall Street guy.” Several have walked away from jobs in the financial sector that paid them millions of dollars a year. From their new vantage point they investigate the big banks, the world’s stock exchanges, and high-frequency trading firms as they have never been investigated, and expose the many strange new ways that Wall Street generates profits.The light that Lewis shines into the darkest corners of the financial world may not be good for your blood pressure, because if you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you. But in the end, Flash Boys is an uplifting story. Here are people who have somehow preserved a moral sense in an environment where you don’t get paid for that; they have perceived an institutionalized injustice and are willing to go to war to fix it.

The must-read summary of Michael Lewis'' book: "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt".This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Lewis'' book: "Flash Boys" explains the increase of high-frequency trading (HFT) in the US market and Dan Spivey''s project to connect a data centre in Chicago to a stock exchange in northern New Jersey by fibre optic cable. This summary points out the key ideas behind Lewis'' book, such as the fact that speed has replaced the stability of the markets as the high-frequency traders'' main objective.Added-value of this summary:• Save time • Understand the main indeas behind Lewis'' book• Get an overview of high-frequency tradingTo learn more, read "Flash Boys" and discover more about high-frequency trading!

Av författaren till THE BIG SHORT #1 på New York Times Bestsellerlista »Ingen skriver bättre om siffror och pengar än Michael Lewis.« | Jan Gradvall, DI I Flash Boys skildrar ekonomijournalisten och författaren Michael Lewis hur en liten grupp upprorsmakare på Wall Street börjar inse att den amerikanska aktiemarknaden har riggats för att gynna folk på insidan. De slår sig samman – några av dem lämnar jobb med astronomiska löner bakom sig – för att utforska, avslöja och reformera det bedrägliga sätt som Wall Street genererar pengar på genom högfrekvenshandel. Flash Boys är oumbärlig läsning för alla som är intresserade av börshandel och Wall Street. Samtidigt är det en så spännande historia, så skickligt berättad, att vem som helst kommer att få svårt att lägga boken ifrån sig. MICHAEL LEWIS är den storsäljande författaren till The Big Short, Liar’s Poker, Moneyball och The Blind Side. Han bor i Berkeley i Kalifornien. »När vår tids historia ska berättas kommer det inte att finnas några mer oumbärliga dokument än Michael Lewis böcker. Flash Boys fullbordar en trilogi som kartlägger den högst mänskliga historien om de senaste 30 årens globala korrumption av finansmarknaderna, kanske vår epoks viktigaste men minst förstådda brott.« | The Guardian »En mycket underhållande bok, som belyser hur mycket världen har förändrats på mindre än ett decennium.« | Los Angeles Times »Michael Lewis är ett geni och hans bok kommer att leda till en välbehövlig granskning av högfrekvenshandeln.« | New York Magazine »Kommer garanterat att få blodet att koka hos många.« | New York Times »Fullkomligt uppslukande.« | New York Review of Books »Spännande som en thriller.« | London Review of Books

Av författaren till THE BIG SHORT#1 på New York Times Bestsellerlista»Få har bättre koll på Wall Street än författaren Michael Lewis. Ingen annan amerikan jag känner till skriver åtminstone lika underhållande om pengar och makt.« | Jan Eklund, Dagens Nyheter »Ingen skriver bättre om siffror och pengar än Michael Lewis.« | Jan Gradvall, DI»Skrev jag att boken var spännande? Trots att den handlar om teknik och aktieaffärer lyckas han skapa en verklighetens thriller.« | Ernst Klein, Norrköpings Tidningar I Flash Boys skildrar ekonomijournalisten och författaren Michael Lewis hur en liten grupp upprorsmakare på Wall Street börjar inse att den amerikanska aktiemarknaden har riggats för att gynna folk på insidan. De slår sig samman några av dem lämnar jobb med astronomiska löner bakom sig för att utforska, avslöja och reformera det bedrägliga sätt som Wall Street genererar pengar på genom högfrekvenshandel.Flash Boys är oumbärlig läsning för alla som är intresserade av börshandel och Wall Street. Samtidigt är det en så spännande historia, så skickligt berättad, att vem som helst kommer att få svårt att lägga boken ifrån sig.MICHAEL LEWIS är den storsäljande författaren till The Big Short, Liar s Poker, Moneyball och The Blind Side. Han bor i Berkeley i Kalifornien.»Det här är facklitteratur, men till sin uppbyggnad liknar boken en spänningsroman.« | Kari Kapla, Dagens bok »När vår tids historia ska berättas kommer det inte att finnas några mer oumbärliga dokument än Michael Lewis böcker. Flash Boys fullbordar en trilogi som kartlägger den högst mänskliga historien om de senaste 30 årens globala korrumption av finansmarknaderna, kanske vår epoks viktigaste men minst förstådda brott.« | The Guardian»En mycket underhållande bok, som belyser hur mycket världen har förändrats på mindre än ett decennium.« | Los Angeles Times»Michael Lewis är ett geni och hans bok kommer att leda till en välbehövlig granskning av högfrekvenshandeln.« | New York Magazine»Kommer garanterat att få blodet att koka hos många.« | New York Times»Fullkomligt uppslukande.« | New York Review of Books»Spännande som en thriller.« | London Review of Books

#1 på New York Times Bestsellerlista - av författaren till The Big Short »Ingen skriver bättre om siffror och pengar än Michael Lewis.« Jan Gradvall, DI »Få har bättre koll på Wall Street än författaren Michael Lewis. Ingen annan amerikan jag känner till skriver åtminstone lika underhållande om pengar och makt.« Jan Eklund, DN I Flash Boys skildrar ekonomijournalisten och författaren Michael Lewis hur en liten grupp upprorsmakare på Wall Street börjar inse att den amerikanska aktiemarknaden har riggats för att gynna folk på in - sidan. De slår sig samman – några av dem lämnar jobb med astronomiska löner bakom sig – för att utforska, avslöja och reformera det bedrägliga sätt som Wall Street genererar pengar på genom högfrekvenshandel. Flash Boys är oumbärlig läsning för alla som är intresserade av börshandel och Wall Street. Samtidigt är det en så spännande historia, så skickligt berättad, att vem som helst kommer att få svårt att lägga boken ifrån sig. I översättning av Gabriel Setterborg. MICHAEL LEWIS är den storsäljande författaren till The Big Short, The Blind Side, Liar’s Poker, Moneyball och Flash Boys. 2015 kom filmversionen av The Big Short – med Brad Pitt och Christian Bale – som gjort stor succé på bio och vunnit en rad priser, bland annat en Oscar i kategorin Bästa manus efter förlaga. Michael Lewis bor i Berkeley i Kalifornien med hustru och tre barn.

Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post–financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they come to this realization separately; but after they discover one another, the flash boys band together and set out to reform the financial markets. This they do by creating an exchange in which high-frequency trading—source of the most intractable problems—will have no advantage whatsoever.The characters in Flash Boys are fabulous, each completely different from what you think of when you think “Wall Street guy.” Several have walked away from jobs in the financial sector that paid them millions of dollars a year. From their new vantage point they investigate the big banks, the world’s stock exchanges, and high-frequency trading firms as they have never been investigated, and expose the many strange new ways that Wall Street generates profits.The light that Lewis shines into the darkest corners of the financial world may not be good for your blood pressure, because if you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you. But in the end, Flash Boys is an uplifting read. Here are people who have somehow preserved a moral sense in an environment where you don’t get paid for that; they have perceived an institutionalized injustice and are willing to go to war to fix it.

THE BESTSELLER THAT DEFINED AN AGE, NOW WITH A NEW FOREWORDFrom two award-winning business journalists comes the rollicking tale of one of the largest corporate takeovers in American history'The most bizarre financial mock-epic of our age. Read it open-mouthed; wonder and shudder' Independent‘One of the best business books of all time’ EconomistThe fight to control food and tobacco giant RJR Nabisco during October and November of 1988 was more than just the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Marked by brazen displays of ego not seen in American business for decades, it became the high point of a new gilded age, and its repercussions are still being felt. The ultimate story of greed and glory, Barbarians at the Gate is the gripping account of these two frenzied months, of deal makers and publicity flaks, of an old-line industrial powerhouse that became the victim of the ruthless and rapacious style of finance in the 1980s.Written with the bravado of a novel and researched with the diligence of a sweeping cultural history, here is the unforgettable story of the takeover in all its brutality.‘A soap opera of greed and clashing egos’ New York Times

The Penguin English Library Edition of Dracula by Bram Stoker'Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window'A chilling masterpiece of the horror genre, Dracula also illuminated dark corners of Victorian sexuality. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to advise Count Dracula on a London home, he makes a horrifying discovery. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the arrival of his 'Master', while a determined group of adversaries prepares to face the terrifying Count.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

RICHARD H. THALER: WINNER OF THE 2017 NOBEL PRIZE IN ECONOMICSShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardECONOMIST, FINANCIAL TIMES and EVENING STANDARD books of the yearFrom the renowned and entertaining behavioural economist and co-author of the seminal work Nudge, Misbehaving is an irreverent and enlightening look into human foibles. Traditional economics assumes that rational forces shape everything. Behavioural economics knows better. Richard Thaler has spent his career studying the notion that humans are central to the economy - and that we're error-prone individuals, not Spock-like automatons. Now behavioural economics is hugely influential, changing the way we think not just about money, but about ourselves, our world and all kinds of everyday decisions.Whether buying an alarm clock, selling football tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. Dismissed at first by economists as an amusing sideshow, the study of human miscalculations and their effects on markets now drives efforts to make better decisions in our lives, our businesses, and our governments.Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behaviour, Thaler enlightens readers about how to make smarter decisions in an increasingly mystifying world. He reveals how behavioural economic analysis opens up new ways to look at everything from household finance to assigning faculty offices in a new building, to TV quiz shows, sports transfer seasons, and businesses like Uber.When economics meets psychology, the implications for individuals, managers and policy makers are both profound and entertaining.

'May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you - haunt me, then'Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.

The Penguin English Library Edition of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy'I cannot allow any man to - to criticise my private conduct!' she exclaimed. 'Nor will I for a minute'Hardy's powerful novel of swift sexual passion and slow-burning loyalty centres on Bathsheba Everdene, a proud working woman whose life is complicated by three different men - respectable farmer Boldwood, seductive Sergeant Troy and devoted Gabriel - making her the object of scandal and betrayal. Vividly portraying the superstitions and traditions of a small rural community, Far from the Madding Crowd shows the precarious position of a woman in a man's world.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertaintyWhat have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper? This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that underlie our lives, from bestsellers to world disasters. Their impact is huge; they're impossible to predict; yet after they happen we always try to rationalize them. 'Taleb is a bouncy and even exhilarating guide ... I came to relish what he said, and even develop a sneaking affection for him as a person' Will Self, Independent on Sunday'He leaps like some superhero of the mind' Boyd Tonkin, Independent

The era-defining international bestseller - the definitive account of the global financial crash'Has all the drama of a Hollywood movie' Daily Telegraph'The definitive account' Sunday Times, Books of the YearThey were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. Yet they would bring the world to its knees.Andrew Ross Sorkin, the news-breaking New York Times journalist, delivers the first true in-the-room account of the most powerful men and women at the eye of the financial storm - from reviled Lehman Brothers CEO Dick 'the gorilla' Fuld, to banking whiz Jamie Dimon, from bullish Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to AIG's Joseph Cassano, dubbed 'The Man Who Crashed the World'.Through unprecedented access to the key players, Sorkin meticulously re-creates frantic phone calls, foul-mouthed rows and white-knuckle panic, as Wall Street fought to save itself.

THE OUTRAGEOUS NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW AN OSCAR- AND BAFTA-WINNING FILM From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, The Big Short, Michael Lewis's No.1 bestseller, tells the story of the misfits, renegades and visionaries who saw that the biggest credit bubble of all time was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a killing. 'In the hands of Michael Lewis, anything is possible ... if you want to know how a nation lost its financial mind - and have a good laugh finding out - this is the book to read' Sunday Times 'Magnificent ... a perfect storm of brilliant writer meeting big subject' Guardian 'A triumph ... riveting ... The Big Short reads like a thriller' The Times'A terrifying story, superbly well told' Daily Telegraph'A rollicking good yarn' Financial Times 'Probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written' Reuters

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the designIndependent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in Wessex, Hardy's novel of swiftpassion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.

A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City – people whose millions were made in railroads, shipping, land speculation and banking. In this morally and aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, age twenty-nine, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and all the trappings of wealth. But her quest comes to a scandalous end when she is accused of being the mistress of a wealthy man. Exiled from her familiar world of artificial conventions, Lily finds life impossible.

From its beginnings in the 1920s until its demise in the 1980s, Bell Labs-officially, the research and development wing of AT&T-was the biggest, and arguably the best, laboratory for new ideas in the world. From the transistor to the laser, from digital communications to cellular telephony, it's hard to find an aspect of modern life that hasn't been touched by Bell Labs.In The Idea Factory, Jon Gertner traces the origins of some of the twentieth century's most important inventions and delivers a riveting and heretofore untold chapter of American history. At its heart this is a story about the life and work of a small group of brilliant and eccentric men-Mervin Kelly, Bill Shockley, Claude Shannon, John Pierce, and Bill Baker-who spent their careers at Bell Labs.Today, when the drive to invent has become a mantra, Bell Labs offers us a way to enrich our understanding of the challenges and solutions to technological innovation. Here, after all, was where the foundational ideas on the management of innovation were born.

THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING TRUE STORY OF GREED AND OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE ON WALL STREET: A MODERN CLASSIC'The funniest book on Wall Street I've ever read.' - Tom WolfeIn 1986, before Michael Lewis became the bestselling author of The Big Short, Moneyball, and Flash Boys, he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street's premier investment firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond salesman, raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modern-day gold rush.Liar's Poker is the culmination of those heady, frenzied years - a behind-the-scenes look at a unique and turbulent time in business. Funny, frightening and heartless, this is the original story of hysterical greed and ambition. ------ACCLAIM FOR LIAR'S POKER:'So memorable and alive . . . one of those rare works that encapsulate and define an era.' Fortune'If you thought Gordon Gekko of the Wall Street movie was an implausibly corrupt piece of fiction, see how you like the real thing. This rip-the-lid-off account of the bond-dealing brouhaha is the work of a real-life bond salesman.' The Sunday Times'Wickedly funny' Daily Express'Hilarious' New York Times

What went wrong with American business at the end of the 20th century?Until the spring of 2001, Enron epitomized the triumph of the New Economy. Feared by rivals, worshipped by investors, Enron seemingly could do no wrong. Its profits rose every year; its stock price surged ever upward; its leaders were hailed as visionaries. Then a young Fortune writer, Bethany McLean, wrote an article posing a simple question - how, exactly, does Enron make its money?Within a year Enron was facing humiliation and bankruptcy, the largest in US history, which caused Americans to lose faith in a system that rewarded top insiders with millions of dollars, while small investors lost everything. It was revealed that Enron was a company whose business was an illusion, an illusion that Wall Street was willing to accept even though they knew what the real truth was. This book - fully updated for the paperback - tells the extraordinary story of Enron's fall.

Revealing the breadth of F. Scott Fitzgerald's gift for the short story form, this Penguin Classics edition of The Case of Benjamin Button and Six Other Stories spans multiple genres and styles to dazzling effect.Full grown with a long, smoke-coloured beard, requiring the services of a cane and fonder of cigars than warm milk, Benjamin Button is a very curious baby indeed. And, as Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. In this imaginative fable of ageing and the other stories collected here - including 'The Cut-Glass Bowl' in which an ill-meant gift haunts a family's misfortunes, 'The Four Fists' where a man's life shaped by a series of punches to his face, and the revelry, mobs and anguish of 'May Day' - F. Scott Fitzgerald displays his unmatched gift as a writer of short stories.'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', originally published in 1922, was made into a major motion picture directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton.F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) has acquired a mythical status in American literary history, and his masterwork The Great Gatsby is considered by many to be the 'great American novel'. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre, dubbed 'the first American Flapper', and their traumatic marriage and Zelda's gradual descent into insanity became the leading influence on his writing. As well as many short stories, Fitzgerald wrote five novels This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and the Damned, Tender is the Night and, incomplete at the time of his death, The Last Tycoon. After his death The New York Times said of him that 'in fact and in the literary sense he created a "generation" '.If you enjoyed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, you might like Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, also available in Penguin Classics.'A master of the American short story'The Philadelphia Enquirer'His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings' Ernest Hemingway