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Starred Review on April 25, 2025 | Fiction
DEBUT Lurie's story of the American dream pulls inspiration from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The 1945-set novel takes place in West Adams Heights (also called Sugar Hill), a wealthy Black enclave in Los Angeles that's populated by self-made people who worked hard for everything they have. Charlie, a former soldier who has PTSD from a violent incident during his youth in the South, has come to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
