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Author:

O'Hara, John, 1905-1970, author.

Title:

Four novels of the 1930s / John O'Hara ; Steven Goldleaf, editor.

Publisher:

Library of America :

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

ix, 665 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Self-destructive behavior--Fiction.
Ethnic relations--Fiction.
Suicide victims--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Young men--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
Poor women--Fiction.
Mistresses--Fiction.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Fiction.
Epistolary fiction, American.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--Chicago--Chicago--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Goldleaf, Steven, editor.
Container of (work): O'Hara, John, 1905-1970. Appointment in Samarra.
Container of (work): O'Hara, John, 1905-1970. Butterfield 8.
Container of (work): O'Hara, John, 1905-1970. Hope in Heaven.
Container of (work): O'Hara, John, 1905-1970. Pal Joey.

Other Titles:

Novels. Selections

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Appointment in Samarra -- Butterfield 8 -- Hope in Heaven -- Pal Joey.

Summary:

Already a frequent contributor of well-crafted stories to The New Yorker when he turned to the larger canvas of the novel, John O'Hara wrote with unusual acuity about the power of status and class in American life. His reputation as a novelist rests largely on four extraordinary books published from 1934 to 1940. These early novels, like those of his contemporaries Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, dramatize the longings and dashed hopes of a generation seduced and betrayed by the glittering temptations of the modern age.

Series:

The Library of America ; 313

ISBN:

1598536001
9781598536003

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1031555901

LCCN:

2018952814

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)