The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby?s party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say he?s a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy during the war. They lean in and whisper ?he killed a man once?. Just where is Gatsby from and what is the obsession that drives him?