This Side of Paradise

This is the author’s first novel, which immediately catapulted him to the very top of the literary Olympus. You will learn the story of a vain, self-absorbed aristocrat who was thrown into the harsh First World War—a fateful event that changed his destiny. Disappointments in love, poverty, and bitter failures help Emory come to understand the true value of life—life that happens “on this side of paradise.”