P & G Wells
This week’s Book Club recommendation comes from crime writer Morag Joss, as she takes us on a trip to P&G Wells in Winchester.
We take a trip to the dark side with crime author Morag Joss this week, as she takes us to the picturesque (and largely crime-free) city of Winchester, to her favourite bookshop, P&G Wells. Her recommendation is F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful and Damned, because she thinks “it stands a little in the shadow of The Great Gatsby”.
The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth. But as money becomes tight, their marriage becomes impossible. And with their inheritance still distant, Anthony and Gloria must grow up and face reality; they may be beautiful but they are also damned.
