“A pitch-perfect reinvention of a story you thought you already knew. Davie Lurie expertly dissects class, wealth, race, fame, and more, and in doing so, creates a classic of her own.”—Allison Winn Scotch
“The Great Mann is a power-filled reimaging of Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. This is a poignant novel—of love, mystery, and a microcosm of the changes starting to take hold in mid-century America.”—Deborah Johnson
“Davis Lurie has pulled off a masterpiece in this profound and deeply human retelling of a time and place in 1940s Los Angeles where the Black elite explored life, love, art, and identity. The Great Mann is an instant classic, a book that opens our eyes to a glittering and significant part of American history.”—Julia Heaberlin
