Certain novels go down in literary history and, at the same time, come to symbolise an entire epoch. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ is one such gem of modern American literature. Created as a nod to an early Montblanc writing instrument of the Art Deco era, the surface of the barrel, fashioned using a special technique, seems to reflect the booming city’s brightly lit high-rise facades at night. The fluorescent Montblanc emblem in the cap top captures and stores light during the day, so that it glows in the dark. The platinum-coated clip which takes the form of a money clip, its rounded opening is resplendent with the initials of Jay Gatsby as a rhomboidal gold coated Art Deco monogram.