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In this summary of appointment in samarra, well explore the. Pal joey, which was adapted into a broadway musical as well as a film starring. It concerns the selfdestruction of the fictional character julian english, a wealthy car dealer who was once a member of the social elite of gibbsville ohara s fictionalized version of pottsville, pennsylvania. Appointment in samarra made me want to read more work by o hara.
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. Publication date 1953 topics cdak collection digitallibraryindia. The title, with its whiff of mystery and exoticism, is a bit incongruous for a story about a pennsylvania. The new penguin edition of appointment in samarra does justice to o hara s first great work, a novel thats sensual, shattering and unknowable. In december 1930, just before christmas, the gibbsville, pennsylvania.
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Fine with a contemporary bookplate to the inner gutter, in the first issue dust jacket with a few small closed tears and general wear. One of the great novels of smalltown american life, appointment in samarra is john ohara s crowning achievement. He would have felt vindicated by modern librarys selection of ais as one of the top 25 novels of the past century, but as much as i enjoyed it, and would recommend it, i dont think its quite in that class. Description book appointment in samarra by john o hara appointment in samarra, published in 1934, is the first novel by john o hara. Set in a small town in pennsylvania in 1930 during the prohibition era, the book covers 48 hours in the life of julian english, an influential and attractive cadillac dealer. John ohara 19051970 was one of the most prominent american writers of the twentieth century.
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