Nick Carraway's mysterious neighbor Gatsby gazes across the dark bay at a distant green light.
As the summer unfolds, Nick is drawn into Gatsby's world of luxury cars, speedboats and extravagant parties.
But the more he hears about Gatsby - even from what Gatsby himself tells him - the less he is sure of the truth.
Did Gatsby really go to Oxford University? Was he a hero in the war? Did he once kill a man? Nick recalls how he came to know Gatsby.
He recounts how he enters the world of his cousin.