Meet Sarah Churchwell, author of Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of the Great Gatsby
Tuesday, February 4 at 1:00 p.m.
Dickinson Hall, 100 E. Old Mill Road, Lake Forest
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Event is free and open to the public
To reserve call 847-234-2209
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Careless People is a unique literary investigation: a gripping double narrative that combines a forensic search for clues to an unsolved crime and a quest for the roots of America’s best loved novel. Overturning much of the received wisdom of the period, Careless People blends biography and history with lost newspaper accounts, letters, and newly discovered archival materials. With great wit and insight, acclaimed scholar of American literature Sarah Churchwell reconstructs the events of that pivotal autumn, revealing in the process new ways of thinking about Fitzgerald’s masterpiece.
Interweaving the biographical story of the Fitzgeralds with the unfolding investigation into the murder of Hall and Mills, Careless People is a thrilling combination of literary history and murder mystery, a mesmerizing journey into the dark heart of Jazz Age America.
