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Selected Stories : Vintage Classics - John O'Hara

Selected Stories

Vintage Classics

By: John O'Hara

Paperback | 7 July 2011 | Edition Number 1

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These are refreshingly frank, sparely written stories that expose the world of bartenders and ‘b-girls’, car washers and criminals. John O’Hara dissects the subtleties that bind humans together and the pressures that separate them.

About the Author

John O'Hara (1905-1970) was one of the leading writers of the 20th century. He achieved instant fame with the publication of his first novel, AN APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA (1934). His success only grew with the publication of his second novel, the classic BUTTERFIELD 8 (1935). A long-time writer of stories for The New Yorker, his many awards include the National Book Award for TEN NORTH FREDERICK (1955).
Industry Reviews
This is fiction, but it has, for me, the clang of truth -- John Updike
Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time, the first half of the twentieth century. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well -- John O'Hara on John O'Hara, inscribed on his gravestone
A man who knows exactly what he is writing about and has written it marvellously well -- Ernest Hemingway
A social realist obsessed with the peccadilloes of the upper class, but he was considered a daring writer in the Thirties and Forties, his best prose distinguished by its concision, clever dialect and sexual candor. He is credited with inventing the New Yorker short story * Washington Post *
A writer of dream-sharp tales, crisp yet dense * Los Angeles Times *

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