Interesting Gatsby stuff happening in the literary world. New biography written by David Pietrusza coming out about the life of Arnold Rothstein, who Fitzgerald fictionalized as Meyer Wolfsheim, the man who “played with the faith of fifty million people” and had cuff-links made out of human molars.
Here’s the interesting podcast interview about the book, people, and creative processes behind the project: http://podfuse-dl.andomedia.com/800185/podfuse-origin.andomedia.com/citadel_origin/pods/WABC/WABC-Batchelor/jbs_122111c.mp3
Here’s a pic of the guy who fixed the 1919 World Series:
