The Greatness of Great Gatsby

The other day (yesterday?) I was telling my husband that he should read The Great Gatsby.  You know, F. Scott Fitzgerald's amazing classic doomed tale.  I was explaining to him about F. Scott, his wife Zelda, and the roaring twenties.  For some reason my husband thought it was a Dickens book (don't laugh too much, I've made similar mistakes). 

So it was awesome when I came across this article today on the Chicago Sun Times.  Wow.  You can't abbreviate The Great Gatsby.

I read The Great Gatsby the first time in high school and loved it.  I still love it after multiple re-readings.  What do you think?  Is this classic too adult for the typical high schooler? Or are we cheating the next generation by letting them miss out on amazing classic?