A gorgeous, bittersweet retelling of The Great Gatsby that in my opinion far outstrips the original. The author places a new character, Jordan Baker, a Vietnamese-American adoptee, into the upper level of the social circles of glittering 1920s New York. Jordan went to high school with Daisy and so knows most of her darkest secrets, some of which are very dark indeed. For this world isn't just post-war and mid-Prohibition, but also one full of magicians and demons. Many wealthy men are rumored to have sold their souls to hell for some advantage or another, Suffragettes keep imps on leashes, and many people have a touch of some supernatural power about them, including Jordan. She has money and the right education, but she's also queer and foreign; she's always invited to the best parties, but generally keeps to the edges of them. She gets pulled into the fateful tangle of Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway and Daisy Fay, and her keen observations make me care more about the outcome than F Scott Fitzgerald did. But most of all I cared about Jordan, and want more stories about reclaiming her heritage and her magic.