f. scott fitzgerald

of all the things that shaun and i have in common, these two are my favorites: we both claim the catcher in the rye as our favorite book and we both claim the great gatsby as one of our most hated. the only book that has a place in our shared living room is The Catcher.... mostly because of our shared love of it, but also because shaun would disapprove of any other book i'd like to display, and i'd disapprove of any book he'd choose to display. but on these two books, shaun and i agree.

so today when i learned that my least favorite writer, f. scott fitzgerald wrote the original story of a movie i love dearly, i felt cold and vulnerable. my opinion of this stupid, stupid man may have to change. how could the man who wrote the frustrated mess that is the great gatsby also write such a beautiful story as the curious case of benjamin button??

i'm afraid that i have no answers for myself tonight. this one might just take time...