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: : : A few years ago I read several books by F.S.F. : : : (Great Gasby, Last Tycoon, Diamond as big as the Ritz : : : and other stories). I wondered what the hell made : : : him famous, so famous that there were several : : : screen adaptations (which is often sort of proof : : : for "famousness", isn't it). - However, I don't : : : like the movies too much. It is the books that - at : : : least to me - seem to convey a mixture of melancholy/ : : : sadness and as a counterpart to this, the belief in : : : something, e.g. love, often ending in exasperation. : : : The characterizations of the protagonists (e.g. : : : The Great Gasby) seem to personify this : : : conflict. They are men who made their way, achieved : : : a lot in their lives (at least from the point of view : : : of money and success), and yet they are not happy, in : : : fact not nearly so. They are driven by an emptiness : : : that may be as timeless as mankind and this would : : : be a reason to call F. a classic. : : : Is it F's criticism of this orientation towards the : : : outside world, indicating that the inside world, : : : man's psyche is at least as important as success : : : and money or even more important? : : : I think if F. wouldn't have lived a life similar to : : : that of his main protagonists the books would of : : : course be totally different. But he is convincing : : : as he himself was part of the Hollywood world. : : : What do Americans think about F.? : : : Is he still much read in USA? : : : And what do you think about F.? : : : I'm very much interested in what you think about it!!

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