But, since I am an accounting fool, I will also add that in the novel, it is made clear that both Gatsby and the stupefyingly rich Tom Buchanan rented their castles on Long Island.

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One teacher from a grammar school who contacted the BBC News website said he spent some time looking at "appallingly badly written personal statements with stupefyingly banal references to jobs in fish and chip shops or restaurants".

BBC: Education correspondent, BBC News