The Great Gatsby / The Last Tycoon

The life of the nouveau riche. So self absorbing not a care in the world. The world is theirs and no one else's. Once you dies they leave you to be as you are no longer important At least that is what I got out of this book. If you want you you need to change who you are only to try and impress those you truly do not care for. In the end you you only have you and no one else. Maybe I did get more out of this novel than I thought. It was not bad but not as good as people say it is. Is it perhaps a little dated. This was written before the second world war and the stock market crash. Would the novel been written the same way ten years later? Would we have seen Mr. Gatz in a breadline?
The journey is fun while it lasts with wonderful parties and the lief of luxury. It is quite enjoyable to see how the “better half” lives.