f. scott fitzgerald
The real 'Great Gatsby': Meet the men who likely inspired the infamous novel
In 1951, a blind 65-year-old man named Max Gerlach was listening to the radio when something jolted him to attention. A guest had come on who had just published a...
Behind the gates of the colossal Long Island mansions that inspired author F. Scott Fitzgerald
"People here aren’t living that crazy life like in the Hamptons," resident told The Post. "I hate the Hamptons.”
What kind of cocktail are you based on your zodiac sign?
Raise a glass, a coup, a mug or flute, today is National Cocktail Day. The word cocktail, according to barroom historian David Wondrich has its origin in the ginger suppositories...
Own the $17M estate that inspired 'The Great Gatsby'
A stunning French Normandy-style property on Long Island’s Gold Coast has hit the market for $16.88 million. This Sands Point home at 235 Middle Neck Road — and the family...
Speakeasy-turned-townhouse rented for nearly $18K per month
We’re not quite sure what Simone de Beauvoir and other writers, like F. Scott Fitzgerald, would make of the current status of their favorite former speakeasy. After closing in 2007...
The spectacular rise and tragic fall of the real-life 'Last Tycoon'
In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald dragged himself back to a place he hated “like poison” — Hollywood. He’d tried his luck in sunny California twice before, earning fat paychecks but...
Matt Bomer evokes faded Hollywood glamour in ‘The Last Tycoon’
If Don Draper ran a Hollywood studio instead of a Manhattan ad agency, he would be Monroe Stahr, the hero of “The Last Tycoon,” an unfinished novel by F. Scott...
The indulgent world of F. Scott Fitzgerald
In 1922, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, new parents and pinched for cash, gave up their suite at the Plaza Hotel and rented a house on Long Island in Great Neck....