Actually, I'd never read about MacDonald's views on GATSBY,
beyond that it was his favorite novel. I know BLACK MONEY was
a retelling of GATSBY.
But here's a thought about GATSBY that makes me wonder if it
originated with MacDonald. A few years ago, a professor wrote
a paper suggesting that Jay Gatsby was trying to pass as a
white man. The plot of BLACK MONEY almost suggests that
MacDonald had picked up on the idea 30 years earlier. I
wished I'd read GATSBY before I'd heard that, because it was
in the back of my mind when I finally did, both from that
article and BLACK MONEY. Still, it's an intriguing debate,
and there's nothing in GATSBY to suggest it wasn't
possible.
Jim Winter
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