John Dugdale is the
Guardian's associate media editor. One of his
ten hottest highbrow books for the beach:
Tender Is the Night (1934) by F Scott Fitzgerald
The most full-on instance of classic beach fiction, as its main setting is the French Riviera, where a love triangle – psychiatrist Dick Diver, his Zelda-based wife Nicole, starlet Rosemary – plays out amid a set of American expats and tourists. Dick’s decline is marked by how well he performs such seaside stunts as aquaplaning behind a speedboat and headstands on a diving board.
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Tender is the Night is among
Gene Wilder's six all-time favorite books,
DBC Pierre's top ten books writers should read,
Olivia Laing's ten best books & stories on drinking and booze and
Joni Rendon and Shannon McKenna Schmidt's top nine works inspired by writers’ love lives.
--Marshal Zeringue
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