The Washington Post, January 27th, 2002
THE JAZZ BIRD By Craig Holden Simon & Schuster. 314 pp. $25 Craig Holden's fascinating new novel, The Jazz Bird, is based on fact: In 1927, a notorious Cincinnati bootlegger shot and killed his wife and went on trial for his life. Starting with that, Holden has conjured up a gripping and beautifully written tale of love, crime and revenge, one that -- quite consciously, I think -- offers us an alternative ending to The Great Gatsby. Is this what would have happened if Fitzgerald, instead of killing off his gorgeous, lovesick bootlegger, had let him elope with Daisy and pursue his trade in the ...
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