But Michael Farris Smith wasn’t afraid to delve deep into the mindset of this deeply troubled man, providing the reader with a backstory and the events that shaped the life of this young man before arriving at West Egg and his renowned meet up with Jay Gatsby. A brave move on the author’s behalf, writing about such an iconic figure as Nick Carraway and could be considered almost sacrilegious by many. Nick is Nick Carraway, from F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby, a character we never really knew too much about, until now.
NICK by Michael Farris Smith will be published with No Exit Press February 25th and is a book that is sure to feature in many a conversation due to it’s subject matter. Told with enough alcohol, heartbreak, and profound yearning to paralyze even the heartiest of Golden Age scribes, NICK reveals the man behind the narrator that has captivated readers for decades. Instead, he embarks on a transcontinental redemptive journey that takes him from a whirlwind Paris romance- doomed from the very beginning- to the dizzying frenzy of New Orleans- rife with its own flavor of debauchery and violence.Īn epic portrait of a truly singular era, and a sweeping, romantic story of self-discovery, this rich and imaginative novel breathes new life into a character that many know, but few have pondered deeply.
** NICK by Michael Farris Smith – Book Trailer – YouTube**īefore Nick Carraway moved to West Egg, and into Gatsby’s periphery, he was at the center of a very different story- one taking place along the trenches and deep within the tunnels of World War I.įloundering in the wake of the destruction he witnessed firsthand, Nick delays his return home, hoping to escape the questions he cannot answer about the horrors of war.
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