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The Great Gatsby Is Known For The Glitz And Glamour Of Gilded Age Plutocrats; In The Last Green Light, The Working People Of Fitzgerald's Novel Get To Tell Their Own, Beautifully Textured Tale. Meet Jon Laine, A Midwesterner Who Captains One Of The Rumrunning Boats That Are The Source Of Gatsby's Great Wealth; Enter A Colorful Netherworld Of Diner Cooks, Dump Scavengers, Secretaries, Deckhands And Car Mechanics Caught In The Increasingly Deadly Conflict Between Organized Crime Syndicates, Amid The Murderous Passions Of Caste-busting Love. From Movie Stars To Dark Freighters, Wobblies To Harlem Nightclubs The Last Green Light, Like A Jazz Improvisation, Riffs On A Great American Novel, Creating Its Own, Unique World In The Process-- Provided By Publisher.