F. Scott Fitzgerald left behind a substantial body of work on New York, yet his city remains terra incognita - talked about but rarely well met. Lost City takes on this important and under-examined aspect of Fitzgerald's writing. Locating Fitzgerald's narratives in the context in which they were written, the author presents a detailed profile of the city and the urban civilization Fitzgerald knew - and in particular the Edwardian New York of Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Wharton. This work, informed by a skilful combination of literary criticism and cultural theory, provides an enlightening...