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Appointment in Samarra: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Appointment in Samarra: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

McGrath, Charles
Gower, Neil
O'Hara, John

Paperback

Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0143107070
ISBN13: 9780143107071
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Apr 30 2013
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
One of Time's All-Time 100 Best Novels

The writer whom Fran Lebowitz called the real F. Scott Fitzgerald makes his Penguin Classics debut with this beautiful deluxe edition of his best-loved book.

One of the great novels of small-town American life, Appointment in Samarra is John O'Hara's crowning achievement. In December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. At the center of the social elite stand Julian and Caroline English. But in one rash moment born inside a highball glass, Julian breaks with polite society and begins a rapid descent toward self-destruction.

Brimming with wealth and privilege, jealousy and infidelity, O'Hara's iconic first novel is an unflinching look at the dark side of the American dream--and a lasting testament to the keen social intelligence if a major American writer.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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