The Pat Hobby Stories (A Scribner Classic)

About this book

Written for Esquire magazine late in Fitzgeralds career The Pat Hobby Stories is a bittersweet humorous recollection of a down-and-out Hollywood screenwriter trying to break back into show business who has better success breaking into bars. Pat Hobbys Christmas wish -- A man in the way -- "Boil some water lots of it" -- Teamed with genius -- Pat Hobby and Orson Welles -- Pat Hobbys secret -- Pat Hobby putative father -- The homes of the stars -- Pat Hobby does his bit -- Pat Hobbys preview -- No harm trying -- A patriotic short -- On the trail of Pat Hobby -- Fun in an artists studio -- Two old-timers -- Mightier than the sword -- Pat Hobbys college days