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Title details for Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara - Available

Appointment in Samarra

by John O'Hara
Charles McGrath
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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 December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville social circuit is electrified with parties and dances, where the music plays late into the night and the liquor flows freely. At the center of the social elite stand Julian and Caroline English—the envy of friends and strangers alike. But in one rash moment born inside a highball glass, Julian breaks with polite society and begins a rapid descent toward self-destruction. Appointment in Samarra brilliantly captures the personal politics and easy bitterness of small-town life. It is John O’Hara’s crowning achievement, and a lasting testament to the keen social intelligence of a major American novelist.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Penguin Audio Classics

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 19, 2013

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781101975183
      • File size: 196859 KB
      • Duration: 06:50:07

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      John O'Hara's portrait of the social life of a small town in the early 1930s is given fresh life in this reading by Christian Camargo. O'Hara's novel traces the destruction of Julian English, a Cadillac dealer in Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, over the course of three days at Christmas. A hard-drinking member of the country club set, Julian commits a series of social gaffes, first throwing a drink in the face of a man who has lent him a notable amount of money and later fighting a disabled war veteran. Camargo's narration is well suited to the rapid, clipped dialogue, and his subtly enhances the tension as we see Julian self-destruct. A notable novel gets a powerful reintroduction. S.N.M. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

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