Yes, the Fitzgerald biography, received as a Christmas present, is here and waiting. I thought I would finish her novels first, though the later ones are proving less to my taste. Eventually the penny dropped on why they're so different. Now into the late 80s/early 90s, postmodernisn raises its ugly head so I shouldn't be surprised by novels set in obscure historical periods with real life characters and references to such things as Italian cinema, Russian literature and book production.