“Here’s how Nick became the perfect narrator for ‘Gatsby.’” You can practically feel the elbow jabbing your ribs. Despondent, he takes a dangerous post in the battleground tunnels, listening for Germans planting explosives. But tragedy, in both love and war, is abundant. In Paris during breaks from the horrors of trench warfare, he’s fallen hard for Ella, a bohemian picture framer who scrapes by in a theater attic. Scott Fitzgerald’s immortal “Gatsby” - is a soldier in France during World War I. Nick - that is, Nick Carraway, the narrator of F. We’re not far into “ Nick,” Michael Farris Smith’s new prequel to “ The Great Gatsby,” before its hero has experienced enough combat, free living and disillusionment to launch the Jazz Age all by his lonesome. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.
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