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John O'Hara

John O'Hara: Four Novels of the 1930s (LOA #313)

Appointment in Samarra / Butterfield 8 / Hope of Heaven / Pal Joey

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In one volume, four novels by the real Fitzgerald: scintillating, sexually frank tales of the desperate pursuit of pleasure and status in Jazz Age America.Here in one volume are four gripping novels about the anxious pursuit of pleasure and status in the Jazz Age by the writer who has been called the real Fitzgerald. In the brilliant debut Appointment in Samarra (1934), the life of car dealer Julian English unravels with stunning swiftness after he throws a highball in another man's face. Butterfield 8 (1935), based on the notorious case of the drowned socialite Starr Faithfull, is the still-shocking story of one young woman's defiant reckles… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Goldleaf, Steven
  • ISBN: 978-1-59853-600-3
  • EAN: 9781598536003
  • Produktnummer: 27159534
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 674 S.
  • Masse: H20.9 cm x B13.7 cm x D3.5 cm 589 g
  • Gewicht: 589

Über den Autor


John O'Hara (1905-1970) was born and raised in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, a small city that became the setting for many of his novels and stories. As a young man he moved to New York City, where he began a long, fruitful, and often contentious relationship with The New Yorker, publishing more stories there than any other writer. His many novels include Appointment in Samarra (1934), Butterfield 8 (1935), and Ten North Frederick (1955); Pal Joey (1940) was adapted into a successful and often revived musical.Steven Goldleaf, editor, is the author of John O'Hara: A Study of the Short Fiction and editor of John O'Hara: The New York Stories. He is Professor of English at Pace University.

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