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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 selfdestruction. 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 of a major American writer.  \n“Appointment in Samarra lives frighteningly in the mind.”  \n—John Updike  \n“If you want to read a book by a man who knows exactly what he is writing about and has written it marvelously well, read Appointment in Samarra.”  \n—Ernest Hemingway  \nPENGUIN CLASSICS  DELUXE EDITION  \nAPPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA  \nJOHN O’HARA (1905–1970) was one of the most prominent American writers of the twentieth century. Championed by Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Dorothy Parker, he wrote seventeen novels, including Appointment in Samarra, his first; BUtterfield 8 , which was made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor; and Ten North Frederick, which won the National Book Award. He has had more stories published in The New Yorker than anyone in the history of the magazine. Born in Pottsfield, Pennsylvania, he lived for many years in New York and in Princeton, New Jersey, where he died.  \nCHARLES MCGRATH is the former editor of The New York Times Book Review and former deputy editor of The New Yorker. He is currently a writer at large for The New York Times.  \nJOHN O’HARA  \nAppointment in Samarra Introduction by  \nCHARLES MCGRATH  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \nPublished by the Penguin Group  \nPenguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA  \nUSA | Canada | UK | Ireland | Australia | New Zealand | India | South Africa | China Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England For more information about [the Penguin Group visit penguin.com](the Penguin Group visit penguin.com)  \nFirst published in the United States of America by Harcourt, Brace and Company 1934 This edition with an introduction by Charles McGrath published in Penguin Books 2013  \nCopyright John O’Hara, 1934  \nCopyright renewed John O’Hara, 1961 Introduction copyright © Charles McGrath, 2013  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this product may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author ’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions. The quotation on page 3 is from Sheppey, a play by W. Somerset Maugham (Copyright 1933 by W. Somerset Maugham), published in 1933 by William Heinemann Ltd, London.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data O’Hara, John, 1905–1970  \nAppointment in Samarra / John O’hara; introduction by Charles Mcgrath.—Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition.  \npages cm  \n“Originally published in 1934”—Introduction.  \nISBN 978-1-101-60295-9  \n1. self-destructive behavior—Fiction. 2. Ethnic relations—Fiction. 3. Suicide victims—Fiction. 4. Married people—Fiction. 5. Young men—Fiction. I. Title.  \nPS3529 .H29A8 2013 813’.52—DC23 2012049156  \nContents  \nIntroduction by CHARLES MCGRATH  \nAPPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA  \nIntroduction  \nOriginally published in 1934, Appointment in Samarra is still the only American novel I know that begins with a scene of a married couple—Luther and Irma Fliegler—having sex and on Christmas morning, no less. Later in the book, another married couple—Julian English, the novel’s protagonist, and his wife, Caroline—make love in the middle of Christmas afternoon. Julian has been dispatched on a disagreeable errand, and Caroline rewards him by waiting in","cbCaiuaKWNCU0fGZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuaKWNCU0fGZ","pdf",2710631,210,"English","# Introduction by CHARLES MCGRATH\n## Plot and opening scenes\n## Reception of sexual frankness in 1934\n## Love story and thematic focus","[{\"question\":\"When and where is Appointment in Samarra set?\",\"answer\":\"It is set in Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, in December 1930, just before Christmas.\"},{\"question\":\"Who are the central characters in the novel’s main story line?\",\"answer\":\"Julian and Caroline English are central to the narrative, alongside the wider social circle around them.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the introduction emphasize about the novel’s approach to sexuality?\",\"answer\":\"It stresses the sexual openness of the story—especially in married life—and notes that some readers in 1934 found the frankness offensive while others recognized it as fresh and compelling.\"}]","Appointment in Samarra - Deluxe Edition | PDF",323]