![]() ![]() Archibald MacLeish once wrote, “There was a shrine to life wherever they were. ![]() They were always willing to help artists on the down and out with quiet gifts of money, but it was their ebullient parties that really cemented their reputation. ![]() Scott Fitzgerald: “I don-t think the world is a very nice place-And all there seems to be left to do is to make the best of it while we are here, & be VERY grateful for one’s friends-because they are the best there is, & make up for many another thing that is lacking.” Inherited wealth on both sides gave the Murphys the means and leisure to pursue this credo in style across two continents. Though Sara and Gerald Murphy both dabbled in the arts, their true genius was for friendship. For connoisseurs of the Lost Generation-a well-tempered biography of the wealthy American couple who knew absolutely everybody, from Hemingway to Fitzgerald to Dos Passos to Picasso, and so on and on. ![]()
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