A long time ago, when I was just starting out in journalism, an older, experienced editor gave me the following piece of advice: “A good story is about sex, power or money. A great story is about all three.” By that yardstick, Gorsky is a great story. In fact, it’s a great story by any measure. And it’s the story of The Great Gatsby, updated, transplanted into contemporary Chelsea, and given a Russian twist. Gatsby is now Gorsky, a fabulously wealthy Russian oligarch who has been passionately in love with Natalia, the wife of Tom and the mother of Daisy, for years. Fitzgerald’s names and characters are all here, but not always as you would expect to find them. It won’t be much of a plot spoiler to tell you that there are lots of parties, a good de
02 July 2015, The Tablet
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