There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams.'' In the roaring 1920s, the enigmatic Jay Gatsby throws dazzling parties in a mansion filled with glitter and mystery, all to win back his lost love, Daisy Buchanan. Narrated by Nick Carraway, Gatsby''s friend and neighbour, the novel peels back the glittering facade of wealth to reveal deep loneliness, obsession and moral decay. As secrets unravel and dreams shatter, F. Scott Fitzgerald''s The Great Gatsby exposes the fragility of the American Dream, the illusions of love and obsession, and the destructive pursuit of an impossible dream.