Precis of "Gatsby, GATH, and Gault" On his return in 1924 from an extended stay in France, Scott Fitzgerald was exhausted both physically and creatively. His friend John Biggs, Jr., with whom he had collaborated on writing projects at Princeton, came to his aid. Not only did he find the Fitzgeralds a stately old Delaware mansion to lease, but he helped to direct Fitzgerald's imagination towards a new project. His recovery was rapid. By the middle of the year, Fitzgerald was well into the book that was published early in 1925 as The Great Gatsby. Meanwhile, Biggs was working on a novel of his...