I finished this book last night. I don’t recall another book packing such a punch at the finish.
“I felt myself enter Fitzgerald’s language, felt its lilt, its music, carry me away.”
Right book.
Right place.
Right time.
I’ve included the closing five paragraphs below. If you want to avoid a spoiler, stop here and go pick up David Ulin’s book:
David L. Ulin. The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time. (Sasquatch Books. 2010)