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From award-winning author Nghi Vo comes Don’t Sleep with the Dead, a standalone companion novella connected to her acclaimed novel, The Chosen and the Beautiful, a powerful and richly imagined retelling of The Great Gatsby.

Nick Carraway, paper-man, novelist, and observer, has carved a life from watching the decadent, magical drama of upper-class New York society in the late 1930s. He knows exactly how to observe—and how to pretend. Pretending he’s ordinary, pretending he’s straight, pretending he’s human, and pretending he’s moved past the unforgettable events of the summer of 1922.

But as tensions escalate and the shadow of World War II looms, Nick discovers someone else has been watching him, someone who knows the truths he’s kept hidden. When a familiar figure emerges one dark evening, Nick quickly realizes that the past isn’t done with him just yet. Jay Gatsby, whether damned or dead, refuses to leave his life quietly behind. After all, memories reside forever in paper—and Nick’s own restless ghost is back at his doorstep.