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Aug 2023
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539 Tender Is the Night by F Scott Fitzg...

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Jacke and Mike take a look at the stormy Fitzgerald marriage and F. Scott Fitzgerald's fourth novel, Tender Is the Night, which many consider to be his masterpiece. (Yes, even better than Gatsby!)

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