Everything is not what it seems - both people, situations, and circumstances. Imagination creates a bizarre world, and harsh reality mercilessly smashes it to dust. In the stories included in this collection, the mystical is intertwined with the real, and the fantastic with the earthly. And now the reader, obeying curiosity, follows the thread of the mystery to find the solution. It follows through fascinating plots, full of the signature wit of Francis Scott Fitzgerald - a writer who knew life and people too well to have any illusions about them.