Although F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for the kind of subtle polished socialcommentary found in his masterpiece The Great Gatsby his littleknown novella<strong>... » 

Although F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for the kind of subtle polished socialcommentary found in his masterpiece The Great Gatsby his littleknown novellaMay Day is unique in that it is the most raw direct sociopolitical commentaryhe ever wrote and one of the most desperate works in his oeuvre. It is a darkbiting story in which rich drunken Yale students in town for a reunion hordesof soldiers returning from the First World War and the workers of a smallsocialist newspaper all converge in New York City on May Day. This is the firstand only standalone version of this rarity. «