Book description
Born an old man, Benjamin Button lived a very curious life, backwards
When Benjamin Button's father arrives at hospital he is surprised
and ashamed to find his new baby boy is a weathered, aged man, for all
appearances no younger than seventy years old. As time goes by, young
Benjamin comes to no longer require a cane, his hair ceases to be
grey, his limbs become less frail, his wrinkles less deep, but still
the world around him fails to come to terms with his oddness, as he
ages towards infancy and beyond ...
This remarkable, imaginative tale is here accompanied by a story of
the desperate measures required by limitless wealth, and another about
the lengths (and cuts) a girl is willing to go to for popularity.
Includes A Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Bernice Bobs Her
Hair.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and went
to Princeton University which he left in 1917 to join the army. In 1920
he married Zelda Sayre. Their destructive relationship and her
subsequent mental breakdowns became a major influence on his writing.
Among his publications were five novels, This Side of Paradise, The
Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night and The Love
of the Last Tycoon (his last and unfinished work): six volumes of short
stories and The Crack-Up, a selection of autobiographical pieces.
