Stephanie H. (livingwilde) - , reviewed A fantastic re-visioning of the American Dream. on 12/26/2008 + 12 more book reviews

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I'm not sure if you can REALLY like this book unless you intensely like The Great Gatsby. The book is, in large part, a re-figuring of Jay Gatsby as a drug-dealing, albeit highly idealistic, NewYorican real estate mogul. Changing the East Egg/West Egg setting to Spanish Harlem is effective and makes the reader contemplate the evolving nature (has it evolved?) of the American Dream. I really enjoyed this book. I also really enjoy teaching TGG every year!

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