Maud notes that The Great Gatsby is being serialized in the New York Times. As a Fitzgerald fan, I commend this decision and recommend that it be read concurrently with Get Out, You Damned, Saddam Hussein's fourth novel, now being serialized in Asharq al-Awsat, a London-based Arab newspaper. An Iraqi critic, Ali Abdel-Amir, notes that Saddam "was completely out of touch with actual reality, and novel writing gave him the chance to live in delusions."
Posted by DrMabuse at July 12, 2004 12:19 AMGatsby: only in copies of the New York Times distributed in the New York metropolitan region. Also, not to be a niggling second-citier or anything, but isn't July 14 a little late to be starting your summer reading?
Posted by: Sam at July 12, 2004 05:39 AMOr July 12, for that matter ...
Posted by: Sam at July 12, 2004 06:32 AMWell, FOX decided they could start their new season during the summer, so why can't Ed start his reading a bit out of sync with the rest of... the ... networks. Nevermind.
Posted by: Tom Working at July 13, 2004 08:39 AM