This Side of Paradise Novel (1920) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This was Fitzgerald’s first novel, published when he was 23. This Side of Paradise is the debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. The book examines the lives and morality of American youth in the aftermath of World War I. Its protagonist Amory Blaine is an attractive student at Princeton University who dabbles in literature. Wikipedia
The book was successful not only because of Fitzgerald's lyrical and graceful writing but more importantly as a telling portrait of a new era in American history. ... Adding to and revising The Romantic Egotist, Fitzgerald completed This Side of Paradise.