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Mentioned in 117 episodes

The great Gatsby

Book • 1925

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published in 1925, 'The Great Gatsby' is a tragic love story, a mystery, and a social commentary on American life during the Jazz Age. The novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, who moves to Long Island and becomes entangled in the lives of his wealthy and mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby, and Gatsby's obsession to win back his first love, Daisy Buchanan.

The story delves into themes of honesty, the temptations of wealth, and the struggle to escape the past, ultimately reflecting on the disintegration of the American Dream.

Mentioned by

Steven Pressfield

Michael Barbaro

Anthony Scaramucci

Michael Batnick

Mentioned in 117 episodes

Mentioned by

Scott Wu

as one of his personal favorite fiction books.

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Mentioned by

David Perell

in relation to Hunter S. Thompson's rewriting of "The Great Gatsby."

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Discussed by

Brett McKay

and Michael Long as a novel about dopamine and unfulfilled desires.

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Mentioned by

Steven Pressfield

, who said Hunter S. Thompson rewrote The Great Gatsby to understand writing a great novel.

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Mentioned by

Michael Barbaro

as the book he goes back to time and time again.

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Mentioned by

Brett McKay

in relation to the practice of copying others' work to improve one's own writing.

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Mentioned by

Dan Fougere

in the context of sales demos and storytelling.

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Mentioned by

Bari Weiss

as the source of the book's epigraph and title, highlighting the characters' carelessness and the consequences of their actions.

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Mentioned by

Brett McKay

in the context of learning to write.

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Mentioned by

Anthony Scaramucci

to highlight how the author was wrong about there not being second acts in America.

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Mentioned by

Ryan Holiday

as a book he read in high school and is rereading now for the 100-year anniversary.

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Mentioned by

Joe Rogan

and

Will Storr

in relation to his writing style and process.

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Mentioned by

Craig Manning

in reference to a book he is reading with his wife, highlighting the theme of carelessness.

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Mentioned by

Ryan Holiday

as a book that recently read an annotated edition of.

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Mentioned by

Walter Kirn

as being about a kid from North Dakota who wants to get in with a certain class.

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Mentioned by

Toby Howell

in Neil's Numbers segment to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

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Mentioned by

Philip Su

as one of the classics he started rereading and appreciating later in life.

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Mentioned by

Anthony Scaramucci

, who claims Fitzgerald was wrong when he wrote that there are no second acts in American life.

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Mentioned by

Michael Batnick

as one of the greatest books about wealth, alongside Bonfire of the Vanities.

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Mentioned by

Terry Gross

in relation to its 100th anniversary.

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