The Pat Hobby Stories
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pat Hobby Stories is a collection of 17 short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published by Arnold Gingrich of Esquire magazine between January 1940 and May 1941. Pat Hobby is a Hollywood screenwriter who once succeeded as a "good guy to structure" in the silent age of cinema, but has now been reduced to an alcoholic assault hanging around the studio. Most stories believe that he did some sort of trick for money or a highly desired screen loan, but his antiques often have the opposite effect and result in more humiliation. Based on his own experiences as a writer in Hollywood, Fitzgerald portrays Pat Hobby with sarcastic humor and nostalgia.
