Complete Translation of Fitzgerald's Life
I still use this book when I do various research.
It is a cause for celebration that translations of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works have finally been completed after many years, but the situation remains unchanged: it is difficult to obtain a solid biography of him.
This biography, written by Andrew Turnbull, was published in 1962, and new material has gradually emerged since then, so the information may be somewhat outdated from an academic perspective, but the content itself is excellent, and there should be no problem for the general reader to pick up, although it may not be suitable for specialist researchers.
The author's perspective is fair and impartial, and the evidence is solid. It's also almost completely free of any "academic stink" and is a thoroughly enjoyable read. I still use this book when I do various research.
I don't know how widely this book is distributed at the moment, but if possible, I wish some publisher would publish it in paperback so that it would be easily available...but is that difficult?
