num_pages: 269
description: 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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Appointment in Samarra
titlecomplete: Appointment in Samarra (Modern Library)
characters: Froggy Ogden, Caroline English, Julian English, Harry Reilly
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, The United States Of America, Modern Classics, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 15156
places: Mississippi
publisher: Modern Library