The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
When Benjamin Button’s father arrives at hospital he is surprised and ashamed to find his new baby boy is a weathered, aged man, for all appearances no younger than seventy years old. As time goes by, young Benjamin no longer requires a cane, his hair ceases to be grey, his limbs become less frail, his wrinkles less deep. As Benjamin becomes increasingly youthful with the passing years, his family wonders why he persists in the embarrassing folly of living in reverse. In this imaginative fable of ageing and the short stories "Bernice Bobs her Hair" and "A Diamond as Big as the Ritz" – F. Scott Fitzgerald displays his unmatched gift as a writer of short stories.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button film directed by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton will be released in early 2009.