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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Series: Going Public in Shorts
Narrator: Peter Berkrot
Unabridged: 1 hr 41 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 12/09/2013
Category: Fiction - Short Stories (single Author)
Synopsis
Written in the same vein as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is one of F. Scott Fitzgeralds most
imaginative shorter works.
John T. Unger is a young southerner who goes to Montana for
summer vacation with a wealthy college classmate. But the classmates family
proves to be much more than simply wealthythey
own a mountain made entirely of one solid diamond. And theyve gone to dreadful
lengths to conceal their secret, which means that John could be in danger.
But the family also has a daughterthe lovely Kismineand
with her help, John may yet escape the fate her family has meted out to all
their other guests so far.Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.