This Side of Paradise (Dell, D140)

288 pp. "It is the French Riviera in the 1920s. Nicole and Dick Diver are wealthy; elegant; magnetic couple. A coterie of admirers are drawn to them; none more so than the blooming young starlet Rosemary Hoyt. When Rosemary falls for Dick; the Diver's calculated perfection begins to crack. As dark truths emerge; Fitzgerald shows both the disintegration of a marriage and the failure of idealism. Tender is the Night is as sad as it is beautiful. A profound study of the romantic concept of character; Tender Is the Night is lyrical; expansive and hauntingly evocative."