[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>> now joining us on booktv is marin corgan, the book critic on a program called "fresh our." book viewer nod the program. now you're an author as well. what's your book. >> guest: called "so we read on." about the great gatsby. i think

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>> now joining us on booktv is marin corgan, the book critic on a program called "fresh our." book viewer nod the program. now you're an author as well. what's your book. >> guest: called "so we read on." about the great gatsby. i think "the great gatsby" poise our greatest american and unamerican novel at once. i've read it over 50 times and this was born out of my passion frigates by and fitzgerald. one of our gods in american literature. >> host: american and unamerican. >> guest: yes, yes, because gatsby tells us that the american dream is worth reaching for, and it also tells us that the dream is a con and when the book opens, of course, gatsby's dead already. i'm not ruining anything. that's on page 1. so what kind of an american novel is this where nothing can be changed? nick careway is remembering everything in this novel. there's no possibility for change. so, that is a little odd. but at the same time, fitzgerald writes about the american dream in language that's so beautiful that makes it irresistible. >> host: what do y