In these eleven stories, Fitzgerald depicts the Roaring Twenties as he lived them. He masterfully blends accounts of flappers and the smart set with more fantastical visions of America, always imbuing his narratives with his trademark themes of money, class, ambition and love. In ‘May Day’, Fitzgerald weaves an account of a raucous Yale alumni party, the participants of which are oblivious to the violent socialist demonstration being acted out around them. ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ is an unorthodox account of a man who ages backwards, and ‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’ tells the story of a young man who discovers that his friend’s family possesses a diamond that is literally larger than the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. This 1922 collection confirmed Fitzgerald as the voice of his generation.


透過十一個故事，費茲傑羅精彩述說他所生活的「咆嘯的二十年代」。他巧妙地將時髦女性和時尚圈人士的談話，與夢幻般的美國場景相結合，在故事中呈現他代表性的主題，金錢、階級、野心和愛情。在 〈May Day〉 一篇當中，費茲傑羅描繪一場喧鬧的耶魯校友派對，與會者對社會主義份子的暴力示威卻渾然不覺。〈The Curious Case of Benjamin Button〉講述一則返老還童的奇異故事，而 〈The Diamond as Big as the Ritz〉是關於一名男子，他發現他朋友的家庭擁有一顆比麗思卡爾頓酒店還大的鑽石。這本 1922 年的故事集，證明了費茲傑羅是代表「咆嘯的二十年代」的聲音。