Nghi Vo gives a freshly imagined Jordan Baker her due, while infusing her glittering New York with a bottomless magical menace that feels both excitingly new and cosmically true to Fitzgerald's original.Adapting classic works of literature is always challenging, not least because the adapting author must decide how much novelty is appropriate. "Crisp as paper and delirious as a fever dream, this is a redrawn Gatsby daubed in gold leaf and lip rouge and blood. Harrow, winner of the Hugo Award and author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January " The Chosen and the Beautiful is a subversive, sexy, atmospheric, sweltering, gin-soaked, Hell-haunted vision of Gatsby's New York, with prose that will pull you under. Djèlí Clark, winner of the Alex, Locus, and Nebula Awards and author of Ring Shout Nghi Vo snips apart, then magically weaves together a familiar story in a wholly original and decidedly unfamiliar way. Not enough words to praise this page-turning novel of sorcery, infernal compacts, and enchanted elixirs, in an altogether different 1920s New York. brilliantly elevate less-central characters, adding depth and gravitas to women underdeveloped, overlooked." - Shelf Awareness
"Vo's resuscitation of Gatsby suggests comparisons with Jean Rhys's celebrated Wide Sargasso Sea. "Vo remains an excellent stylist.Recommended for readers of Vo's previous shorter work or readers of historical fantasy in general." - Booklist
"Beloved for her "Singing Hills Cycle" novellas, Vo goes ambitiously full-length with her tale of queer Vietnamese adoptee Jordan Baker, who uses magic to get what she wants in a 1920s Gatsby-like framework." - Library Journal "Enter Nghi Vo's lyrical, fever-dream spin, in which golf-playing heartbreaker Jordan Baker is a queer Vietnamese adoptee with a penchant for magic." - O, the Oprah Magazine The Gatsby-related details and hints of magic will keep readers spellbound from start to finish." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Vo's extraordinary full-length debut draws readers into a fantastical reimagining of the world of The Great Gatsby.The plot unravels tantalizingly slowly, and Vo's immersive prose never ceases to captivate.
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