The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo is our new Virtual Book Club pick. This fantasy retelling of The Great Gatsby promises to be everything you ever wanted from the roaring ‘20s and more.
Robin writes: I read The Great Gatsby in college, but I don’t remember much about it except for Gatsby staring over the water at the green light and discussions of what it means, but I’m always interested in stories that recenter those who are often marginal.
Immigrant. Socialite. Magician.
Nghi Vo’s debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.
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