Great by Sara Benincasa

Great by Sara Benincasa

In this contemporary retelling of The Great Gatsby, by comedian Sara Benincasa, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the romance and drama of a Hamptons social circle and is implicated in a scandal that shakes the summer community.

When Naomi Rye arrives in the Hamptons to spend the summer with her socialite mother, she fully expects to be miserable mingling with the sons and daughters of her mother's mega-rich friends. Yet Naomi finds herself unexpectedly drawn to her mysterious and beautiful next-door neighbor, Jacinta, a Hamptons "It" girl who throws wild, lavish parties that are the talk of the town. But Jacinta is hiding something big, and events unfold with tragic consequences.

Sara Benincasa is a comedian and the author of the books DC Trip (Adaptive Books 2015), Awesome (2014), and Agorafabulous! (William Morrow 2016). With producers Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa (Little Miss Sunshine, Nebraska, Election), Van Toffler, and Adaptive Studios, she is currently translating DC Trip into a film. Agorafabulous! is now being adapted by her. She attended Warren Wilson College and Columbia University Teachers College and was born and raised in New Jersey. She resides in the city of Los Angeles, California.