"In the blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whispering and the champagne and the stars." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Literary Mixology No. 5 is the Gin Rickey, the preferred drink of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda during the glamorous 'Jazz Age' parties they attended in the 1920s and 30s. Fitz and Zelda were heralded as the prince and princess of their generation although their lives sadly ended in alcoholism and mental illness. Fitzgerald's most famous book The Great Gatsby was a flop on its release but is now widely considered a masterpiece of American fiction. The writer kept an obsessively detailed account of his own life (literally month by month since childhood) in a black ledger. If only #EzraMaas had been so forthcoming about his own past... #drinks #books #writers #writing #cocktails #literature #publishing #gin #gatsby #fitzgerald #zeldafitzgerald #fscottfitzgerald