In 1921 it was met with astonishing success, and its runaway popularity won Keable a level of celebrity.
The title character almost abandons his faith for love, but experiences a direct revelation of Christ while watching a Catholic mass and is given up by his lover, who sees his sincerity.
It was made into a play in 1924 by Jules Eckert Goodman and Edward Knoblock;[5] which had a short run on Broadway.
Nick Carraway, the narrator, reads a chapter after becoming inebriated and claims that "either it was terrible stuff or the whisky distorted things, because it didn't make any sense to me.
"[7] The novel was followed by a sequel, Recompense, published in 1924,[8] which was made into a 1925 motion picture with the same title.