New York in the "Roaring Twenties": The mysterious Jay Gatsby has everything that money can buy. The lavish parties at his fairytale estate on Long Island are the gathering place for New York's high society. Yet Gatsby himself remains a spectator of the decadent spectacle, with only one wish: that his great love Daisy will one day appear there. F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic of American literature tells of the glamorous world of the rich and the superficiality and meaninglessness of high society life. In the splendid new translation by Reinhard Kaiser, this novel can be rediscovered - in its drama, its tragedy, its elegance, and not least, its humor.