Re: The Perfect Jay

Win Boogie (WinBoogie@aol.com)
Wed, 01 Apr 1998 11:11:12 -0500 (EST)

In a message dated 98-04-01 01:03:40 EST, you write:

<< Has anyone read the new editions of Fitzgerald?  The Cambridge Edition is a
 wonderful, wonderful new edition, which footnotes out-of-reach cultural
 references and clarifies some of the illogical parts of the book.  That and
 the new version of The Last Tycoon.  Take 'em on a long train ride (though
 not to the eastern part of Long Island, among the crowds!), and you may
 fall in love again with Fitzgerald.
  >>
  I'm afraid of buying new editions of Fitzgerald's books out of fear that a
significant amount of the money will end up residing with Matthew Bruccolli.
For fifteen years now I've been seeing his name attatched to every piece on
Fitzgerald I've read. Just this weekend I found some old Scribner anthologies
of Ring Lardner (who I can't reccommend enough) with an introductory essay by
my old friend Matt B. I was shocked and surprised that his scope extended all
the way to Ring Lardner. Do the new editions have Bruccolli's stamp on them,
Tim?
                                                  Robert