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Appointment in Samarra
John O´hara
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Description for Appointment in Samarra
Paperback. Julian English is part of the social elite of his 1930s American hometown but from the moment he impetuously throws a cocktail in the face of one of his powerful business associates his life begins to spiral out of control - taking his loving but troubled marriage with it. This is a blackly comic depiction of the fall of Julian English. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 198.
'For all its excellence as a social panorama and a sketch of a marriage, it is as a picture of a man destroyed by drink and pride that Appointment in Samarra lives frighteningly in the mind' John Updike
Julian English prides himself a member of his hometown’s social elite, but from the moment he throws a cocktail in the face of a powerful business associate his life spirals out of control, taking his loving but troubled marriage with it.
Following English’s rapid decline and fall, Appointment in Samarra is a fast-paced and blackly comic portrait of 1930s ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099518327
SKU
V9780099518327
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About John O´hara
John O'Hara was born in Pennsylvania on 31 January 1905. His first novel, Appointment in Samarra (1934), won him instant acclaim, and he quickly came to be regarded as one of the most prominent writers in America. He won the National Book Award for his novel Ten North Frederick and had more stories published in the New Yorker than anyone ... Read more
Reviews for Appointment in Samarra
Mr O'Hara's eyes and ears have been spared nothing, but he has kept in his heart a curious and bitter mercy
Dorothy Parker O'Hara writes with swift realism, wisely avoids sentimentality
Time Magazine
Dramatic...exciting...vivid and written at high speed...accurate and often penetrating
The Nation
Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time, ... Read more
Dorothy Parker O'Hara writes with swift realism, wisely avoids sentimentality
Time Magazine
Dramatic...exciting...vivid and written at high speed...accurate and often penetrating
The Nation
Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time, ... Read more