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Appointment in Samarra

By John O'Hara, Charles McGrath
Narrated by: Christian Camargo
Unabridged — 6 hours, 50 minutes
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By John O'Hara, Charles McGrath
Narrated by: Christian Camargo
Unabridged — 6 hours, 50 minutes
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Chosen by Delia Ephron for the WSJ Book Club

The writer whom Fran Lebowitz called “the real F. Scott Fitzgerald” makes his Penguin Classics debut with this beautiful deluxe edition of his best-loved book.

One of the great novels of small-town American life, Appointment in Samarra is John O’Hara’s crowning achievement. In December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. At the center of the social elit…