4 edition of Appointment in Samarra found in the catalog.
Appointment in Samarra
John O"Hara
Published
1997
by Penguin in London
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | John O"Hara ; with an introduction by Allan Massie. |
| Series | Penguin twentieth-century classics |
| Contributions | Massie, Allan, 1938- |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | xvii, 7-300p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 300 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL17911707M |
| ISBN 10 | 0141180064 |
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A twentieth-century classic, Appointment in Samarra" is the first and most widely read book by the writer Fran Leibowitz called "the real F. Scott Fitzgerald." In Decemberjust before Christmas, the Gibbsville social circuit is electrified with parties and dances, where the music plays late into the night and the liquor flows by: 9.
"Appointment in Samarra" is a light read, short and easily digestible. It tells the story of Julian This novel is one of the Modern Library's Best English novels of the 20th century. I had this in my to-be-read shelf for half a decade before I finally cracked this open/5.
About Appointment in Samarra. The best-loved book by the writer whom Fran Lebowitz compared to the author of The Great Gatsby, calling him “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald” One of the great novels of small-town American life, Appointment in Samarra is John O’Hara’s crowning achievement.
In Decemberjust before Christmas, the Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, social circuit is electrified with parties and. Originally published inAppointment in Samarra is still the only American novel to begin with a scene of a married couple—Luther and Irma Fliegler—having sex early on Christmas morning.
Later in the book, another married couple—Julian English, the novel’s protagonist, and his wife, Caroline—make love in the middle of Christmas afternoon/5(11).
Appointment in Samarra was controversial when it was released due to O’Hara’s allusions to sex throughout the book. While the content of the book is mild by today’s standards, the implications of sexual encounters and descriptions of female bodies were scandalous for the time.
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