{"product_id":"2026200008895-secondhand-the-crack-up-with-other-pieces-and-stories","title":"The Crack-Up: With Other Pieces And Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of American literary autobiography, The Crack-up brings together F. Scott Fitzgerald's celebrated confessional essays alongside a rich selection of his shorter pieces and stories. Written during the mid-1930s, the title essays chronicle Fitzgerald's devastating psychological and creative breakdown with a raw honesty that shocked readers and fellow writers alike, laying bare the costs of genius, excess, and the relentless pursuit of the American Dream. The collection presents a deeply personal portrait of a man who had scaled the heights of literary fame only to find himself spiritually and emotionally bankrupt, yet possessed of the lucid intelligence to document every stage of his collapse. Edited posthumously and first published in 1945, the volume also illustrates Fitzgerald's extraordinary range as a writer, from sparkling wit to piercing introspection, cementing its place as essential reading for anyone drawn to the man behind The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956420915419,"sku":"2026200008895-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c7c90938-6f75-4871-9b3c-e3023f1e7841.png?v=1783500828","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008895-secondhand-the-crack-up-with-other-pieces-and-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}