{"product_id":"9780141182636","title":"The Great Gatsby","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the French novelists, I can never remember accurately whether it was Maurois or Mauriac, said that 'the door slams shut on a writer before the age of 12' - meaning that all his raw material has been formed by then. It feels a bit early but I know what he meant. Likewise, perhaps all the influential books are those encountered in one's formative years. Fitzgerald had many faults - unpursued ideas, incomplete themes - but in Gatsby he created a sleek monster, a metaphor for that society of the rich dangerous to the heart even when passive Review by Frank Delaney, whose books include 'The Sins of the Mothers' (Kirkus UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+F.+Scott+Fitzgerald\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"F. Scott Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378176147619,"sku":"9780141182636","price":215.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780141182636_48e2272f-7428-4f13-9254-8563ea70d8ec.jpg?v=1776453631","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780141182636","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}