Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In this tender, comic novel, Larry Boosinger—graduate student,
writer, garage attendant, escaped convict (and perhaps a person)—has one
foot in late adolescence while he searches frantically for a place to
put the other. Beset by illusions, attracted by paradoxes, Larry carries
on his allegorical fistfight with life. He operates in a movie-created
world where attempts are made at perfection. Enamored of the romantic
ideals of old movies, popular songs, and his own personal hero, F. Scott
Fitzgerald, he seeks experience that will match his expectations.