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  <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Matthew Bruccoli was Professor of English at the University of South Carolina and a world-renowned expert on the life and works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. 

After hearing a radio broadcast of Fitzgerald's [book: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz], he was hooked and immediately purchased a copy of [book: The Great Gatsby]. He has authored many books on Fitzgerald, including what is considered to be the best biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald,  [book: Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald].

While studying Fitzgerald, Bruccoli collected a large amount of Fitzgerald memorabilia. The collection was eventually donated under a multiyear gift-purchase agreement to the University of South Carolina's Thomas Cooper library. The collection has an estimated worth of $2 million. When making the donation, Bruccoli stated &quot;I couldn't find a coffin with bookshelves&quot;.

Bruccoli was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2008.
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  <title><![CDATA[Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.98</average_rating>
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  <published>1981</published>  
  
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        <book id="317512">
  <title><![CDATA[The Last Tycoon (F Scott Fitzgerald Manuscripts Vol)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>20</ratings_count>
  <published>1990</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: A Literary Reference]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.31</average_rating>
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  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Fitzgerald and Hemingway: A Dangerous Friendship]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.71</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>14</ratings_count>
  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Trimalchio by F. Scott Fitzerald: A Facsimile Edition of the Original Galley Proofs for the Great Gatsby]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>6</ratings_count>
  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Reader's Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Judith S. Baughman]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.80</average_rating>
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  <published>1996</published>  
  
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        <book id="150110">
  <title><![CDATA[Romantic Egoists: A Pictorial Autobiography from the Albums of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
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  <published>1974</published>  
  
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        <book id="31137">
  <title><![CDATA[The Only Thing That Counts: The Ernest Hemingway/Maxwell Perkins Correspondence 1925-1947]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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  <published>1996</published>  
  
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        <book id="10777">
  <title><![CDATA[Hemingway And the Mechanism of Fame: Statements, Public Letters, Introductions, Forewords, Prefaces, Blurbs, Reviews, And Endorsements]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ernest Hemingway]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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        <book id="616162">
  <title><![CDATA[Facts on File Bibliography of American Fiction 1919-1988 (Facts on File Bibliography Series)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Matthew J. Bruccoli]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
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  <published>1991</published>  
  
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