The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay

Ryan Douglass Hardcover YOUNG ADULT FICTION/Romance / LGBTQ+ The Great Gatsby meets the Harlem Renaissance in New York Times bestselling author Ryan Douglass's fresh 1920s Black reimagining of a popular classic, where in a society built on cruelty and secrets, Gatsby and Nick must decide whether to spend a lifetime outrunning trouble or be the ones to light the match. Seventeen-year-old Nick Carrington wants nothing more than to leave Greenwood, Oklahoma, behind and make a name for himself in the papers. But when tragedy strikes, dreams turn into a twisted reality. Forced to start anew in Harlem, only a letter of acceptance from the prestigious West Egg Academy is able to pull him back into the world. But the supposedly integrated private boys’ school is more of a catchy headline than a fact, with the same prejudices Nick left behind back home. And his