 He rents a bungalow in the Long Island village of West Egg, next to a luxurious estate inhabited by Jay Gatsby, an enigmatic multi-millionaire who hosts dazzling soirées yet does not partake in them.One evening, Nick dines with his distant relative, Daisy Buchanan, in the fashionable town of East Egg.Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan, formerly a Yale football star whom Nick knew during his college days.