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A Family Party

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John O'Hara's A Family Party is a sharp and intimate novella that delves into the intricacies of family dynamics, societal expectations, and the often unspoken tensions that define relationships. Set in the mid-20th century, this compelling story showcases O'Hara's trademark ability to illuminate the complexities of human behavior with precision and subtlety. The story revolves around a family ... Read more

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John O'Hara's A Family Party is a sharp and intimate novella that delves into the intricacies of family dynamics, societal expectations, and the often unspoken tensions that define relationships. Set in the mid-20th century, this compelling story showcases O'Hara's trademark ability to illuminate the complexities of human behavior with precision and subtlety. The story revolves around a family
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Appointment in Samarra. Illustrated

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Appointment in Samarra is the brilliant and haunting debut novel by John O’Hara, first published in 1934. Set in the fictional town of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, the story unfolds over just three days during the Christmas season, chronicling the rapid self-destruction of Julian English—a wealthy, well-connected young man who throws his life into chaos with a single impulsive act. With unflinching ... Read more

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Appointment in Samarra is the brilliant and haunting debut novel by John O’Hara, first published in 1934. Set in the fictional town of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, the story unfolds over just three days during the Christmas season, chronicling the rapid self-destruction of Julian English—a wealthy, well-connected young man who throws his life into chaos with a single impulsive act. With unflinching
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BUtterfield 8

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The bestselling novel that became an Oscar-winning film starring Elizabeth Taylor about New York's speakeasy generationA masterpiece of American fiction and a bestseller upon its publication in 1935, BUtterfield 8 lays bare with brash honesty the unspoken and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of a society still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. One Sunday ... Read more

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The bestselling novel that became an Oscar-winning film starring Elizabeth Taylor about New York's speakeasy generationA masterpiece of American fiction and a bestseller upon its publication in 1935, BUtterfield 8 lays bare with brash honesty the unspoken and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of a society still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. One Sunday
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The Classic Collection of John O'Hara. Illustrated

Appointment in Samarra, BUtterfield 8, Hope of Heaven and others

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The Classic Collection of John O’Hara brings together some of the most notable works by one of America’s keenest chroniclers of mid-20th-century life. Known for his sharp insights into social class, ambition, and human desire, O’Hara’s novels and stories capture the complexities and contradictions of American society, particularly in the small towns and big cities of Pennsylvania and New York. ... Read more

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The Classic Collection of John O’Hara brings together some of the most notable works by one of America’s keenest chroniclers of mid-20th-century life. Known for his sharp insights into social class, ambition, and human desire, O’Hara’s novels and stories capture the complexities and contradictions of American society, particularly in the small towns and big cities of Pennsylvania and New York.
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Ten North Frederick

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The National Book Award–winning novel by the writer whom Fran Lebowitz called “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald”Joe Chapin led a storybook life. A successful small-town lawyer with a beautiful wife, two over-achieving children, and aspirations to be president, he seemed to have it all. But as his daughter looks back on his life, a different man emerges: one in conflict with his ambitious and shrewish ... Read more

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The National Book Award–winning novel by the writer whom Fran Lebowitz called “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald”Joe Chapin led a storybook life. A successful small-town lawyer with a beautiful wife, two over-achieving children, and aspirations to be president, he seemed to have it all. But as his daughter looks back on his life, a different man emerges: one in conflict with his ambitious and shrewish
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Appointment in Samarra

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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 December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. At the center of the ... Read more

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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 December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. At the center of the
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Delphi Complete Works of John O’Hara (Illustrated)

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One of America’s most prolific writers of short stories, John O’Hara helped develop ‘The New Yorker’ magazine story style. His large body of works represent a sprawling social history of upwardly mobile Americans from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A best-selling novelist by the age of thirty, he penned such modern masterpieces as ‘Appointment in Samarra’ and ‘BUtterfield 8’. His work won the ... Read more

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One of America’s most prolific writers of short stories, John O’Hara helped develop ‘The New Yorker’ magazine story style. His large body of works represent a sprawling social history of upwardly mobile Americans from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A best-selling novelist by the age of thirty, he penned such modern masterpieces as ‘Appointment in Samarra’ and ‘BUtterfield 8’. His work won the
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Hope of Heaven

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Hope of Heaven, first published in 1938, is a fast-paced novel by John O'Hara in the "doomed romance" genre. The novel centers on a world-weary Hollywood screenwriter of only limited success in his mid-thirties who is in love with an idealistic young woman in her twenties who is only mildly interested in him. When her father, a private detective, comes to Los Angeles on a case in which the ... Read more

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Hope of Heaven, first published in 1938, is a fast-paced novel by John O'Hara in the "doomed romance" genre. The novel centers on a world-weary Hollywood screenwriter of only limited success in his mid-thirties who is in love with an idealistic young woman in her twenties who is only mildly interested in him. When her father, a private detective, comes to Los Angeles on a case in which the
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Pal Joey

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For its 75th anniversary and Frank Sinatra’s centennial: the Jazz Age masterpiece that inspired the iconic Sinatra film and the hit Broadway musical, and featuring the musical’s libretto and lyricsOn the seedy side of Chicago nightlife in the 1930s, Joey Evans is a poor man’s Bing Crosby—a big-talking, small-time nightclub crooner down on his luck but always on the make. In slangy, error-littered ... Read more

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For its 75th anniversary and Frank Sinatra’s centennial: the Jazz Age masterpiece that inspired the iconic Sinatra film and the hit Broadway musical, and featuring the musical’s libretto and lyricsOn the seedy side of Chicago nightlife in the 1930s, Joey Evans is a poor man’s Bing Crosby—a big-talking, small-time nightclub crooner down on his luck but always on the make. In slangy, error-littered
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Delphi Complete Works of John O'Hara Illustrated

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One of America’s most prolific writers of short stories, John O’Hara helped develop ‘The New Yorker’ magazine story style. His large body of works represent a sprawling social history of upwardly mobile Americans from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A best-selling novelist by the age of thirty, he penned such modern masterpieces as ‘Appointment in Samarra’ and ‘BUtterfield 8’. His work won the ... Read more

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One of America’s most prolific writers of short stories, John O’Hara helped develop ‘The New Yorker’ magazine story style. His large body of works represent a sprawling social history of upwardly mobile Americans from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A best-selling novelist by the age of thirty, he penned such modern masterpieces as ‘Appointment in Samarra’ and ‘BUtterfield 8’. His work won the
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The Doctor's Son

The Classic Story of the 1918 Pandemic

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Secrets emerge as a fearsome contagion in this long autobiographical story set in small-town Pennsylvania amid the influenza pandemic of 1918. “The Doctor’s Son” concerns James "Jimmy" Malloy, a teenager on the uncertain edge of manhood, confronted by sudden death and the loss of illusions. Having worked himself to exhaustion, his father, Doctor Mike Malloy enlists “Doctor” Myers, a medical ... Read more

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Secrets emerge as a fearsome contagion in this long autobiographical story set in small-town Pennsylvania amid the influenza pandemic of 1918. “The Doctor’s Son” concerns James "Jimmy" Malloy, a teenager on the uncertain edge of manhood, confronted by sudden death and the loss of illusions. Having worked himself to exhaustion, his father, Doctor Mike Malloy enlists “Doctor” Myers, a medical
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The New York Stories

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Collected for the first time, the New York stories of John O'Hara, "among the greatest short story writers in English, or in any other language" (Brendan Gill, Here at The New Yorker)Collected for the first time, here are the New York stories of one of the twentieth century’s definitive chroniclers of the city—the speakeasies and highballs, social climbers and cinema stars, mistresses and ... Read more

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Collected for the first time, the New York stories of John O'Hara, "among the greatest short story writers in English, or in any other language" (Brendan Gill, Here at The New Yorker)Collected for the first time, here are the New York stories of one of the twentieth century’s definitive chroniclers of the city—the speakeasies and highballs, social climbers and cinema stars, mistresses and
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