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The Crack-Up

Book • 2009
The Crack-Up is a posthumous collection of essays by F. Scott Fitzgerald, compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson.

It includes three essays originally published in Esquire magazine in 1936, along with letters and notes.

The book provides a candid look at Fitzgerald's life, exploring themes of personal struggle, fame, and the disillusionment of the Jazz Age.

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Mentioned by Dustin Yellin as an author whose work he was obsessed with, leading to a psychotic break.
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