Pat Hobby Stories

Written for Esquire magazine late in Fitzgerald's career, The Pat Hobby Stories is a bittersweet, humorous recollection of a down-and-out Hollywood screenwriter trying to break back into show business who has better success breaking into bars.

CONTENTS

Introduction by Arnold Gingrich

Pat Hobby's Christmas Wish

A Man in the Way

"Boil Some Water -- Lots of It"

Teamed with Genius

Pat Hobby and Orson Welles

Pat Hobby's Secret

Pat Hobby, Putative Father

The Homes of the Stars

Pat Hobby Does His Bit

Pat Hobby's Preview

No Harm Trying

A Patriotic Short

On the Trail of Pat Hobby

Fun in an Artist's Studio

Two Old-Timers

Mightier Than the Sword

Pat Hobby's College Days

Appendix