I have read several of these short stories before in other collected stories and on the Esquire "Classics" website. Just brilliant. If ever an author was able to capture a moment in time, even whilst living in that time, then Fitzgerald is the one. It would seem that the self-destructive genius could only be this way in order to display his genius. Such a shame that it takes the destruction of a genius for the rest of us to know that brilliance. ( )

I really liked this small collection of short stories. I should have finished it sooner since it is such a short collection (page length) but like the other books I've been trying to read this year, I keep getting distracted by extra duties of my job assignment. ( )

Review first posted on BookLikes:
http://brokentune.booklikes.com/post/826967/on-booze

On Booze...I wish I had been when reading this.

This is a collection of short stories and fragments of Fitzgerald's notes and unfinished pieces. It's not polished and when reading it I could not help but feel that this was thrown together by an editor to create a freebie book to go with a re-issue of FSF's novels.

If you are a die hard fan, the short stories are worth reading but they are not of the same strength as the ones published throughout FSF's life time.

There are some insights into FSF's relationship with alcohol which are moving and which foreshadow the tragedy of his own fate, but again this describes only the smallest part of this collection. ( )

This short book is a collection of some of F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing about, and under the influence of, booze. Some are letters, some are journal entries, some are short stories. All are enjoyable. ( )

A worthy compilation, but it still feels very random. As one other reviewer said, it is like the editor has done a Ctrl F search for 'alcohol', 'gin', 'champagne', and 'booze'. Still worth a read if you are interested in Fitzgerald's more tragic life with Zelda, as well as the effect of his rising fame on his sanity. ( )