"The Far Side Of Paradise A Biography Of F. Scott Fitzgerald" 1951 MIZENER, Arthur
$150
MIZENER, Arthur
[362] pp.
Houghton Mifflin Company
1951
8 1/4" x 5 3/4"
Jacket photograph by Carl Van Vechten
The Far Side of Paradise: A Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald is a biography of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald written by Arthur Mizener. Published in 1951 by Houghton Mifflin, it was the first published biography of Fitzgerald and is credited with renewing public interest in its subject. It dealt frankly with Scott's alcoholism and depression as well as his wife Zelda's schizophrenia including her suicidal and homicidal tendencies. The title alludes to Fitzgerald's debut novel, This Side of Paradise (1920), that launched him to fame.