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The Sunday Feature: The Authority of Failure

on BBC Radio 3

This month marks the centenary of the birth of the great American novelist F Scott Fitzgerald , author of The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night and The
Last Tycoon. To mark the anniversary, Julian Evans retraces three decisive journeys made by the author, whose fantastic creativity depended so fatally on his own perceived failures: his disastrous marriage to Zelda, his difficult relationship with Hemingway, and his turbulent last days in Hollywood. With contributions from Harold Bloom , Jay Mcinerney , Alfred Kazin , George Plimpton , Brendan Gill , and the author's friends Budd
Schulberg and Frances Ring. Producer Noah Richler

Contributors

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Scott Fitzgerald
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Julian Evans
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Harold Bloom
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Jay McInerney
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Alfred Kazin
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George Plimpton
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Brendan Gill
Producer:
Noah Richler

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