Appointment in Samarra
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Apr 30, 2013
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780143107071
Description: "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"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Source title: Appointment in Samarra: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)