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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.

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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, the first half of the twentieth century. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well -- John O’Hara on John O’Hara. He had this inscribed on his gravestone.

Appointment in Samarra

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/04/2008
      ISBN13: 9780099518327, 978-0099518327
      ISBN10: 0099518325

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      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, the first half of the twentieth century. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well -- John O’Hara on John O’Hara. He had this inscribed on his gravestone.

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