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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Demco Media
Publication date
February 1, 2002
Binding
Reinforced
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780606205535
ISBN-10
0606205535
Dimensions
1 by 4.25 by 7 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$18.27
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A novel about the price one man was forced to pay for rejecting a life of moderation
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Chosen by Delia Ephron for the WSJ Book Club
The writer whom Fran Lebowitz called âthe real F. Scott Fitzgeraldâ 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 OâHaraâs 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 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.
Brimming with wealth and privilege, jealousy and infidelity, OâHaraâs iconic first novel is an unflinching look at the dark side of the American dreamâand a lasting testament to the keen social intelligence if a major American writer.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The writer whom Fran Lebowitz called âthe real F. Scott Fitzgeraldâ 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 OâHaraâs 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 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.
Brimming with wealth and privilege, jealousy and infidelity, OâHaraâs iconic first novel is an unflinching look at the dark side of the American dreamâand a lasting testament to the keen social intelligence if a major American writer.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from G K Hall & Co (December 1, 1998)
9780783803760 | details & prices | 331 pages | 6.50 × 10.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $26.95
About: "Appointment in Samarra" is a fast-paced, blackly comic depiction of the rapid decline and fall of Julian English.
About: "Appointment in Samarra" is a fast-paced, blackly comic depiction of the rapid decline and fall of Julian English.
Reprint edition from Modern Library (May 1, 1994)
9780679601104 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $14.95
About: A novel about the price one man was forced to pay for rejecting a life of moderation
About: A novel about the price one man was forced to pay for rejecting a life of moderation
from Reprint Services Corp (March 1, 1993)
9780781254816 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $89.00
Paperback
With Charles McGrath (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Penguin Classics (April 30, 2013)
9780143107071 | details & prices | 220 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.00
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (July 1, 2003)
9780375719202 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.42 lbs | List price $14.00
About: Julian and Caroline English are at the center of the social elite until Julian makes a fateful decision to break with polite society and embarks on a rapid spiral toward self-destruction.
About: Julian and Caroline English are at the center of the social elite until Julian makes a fateful decision to break with polite society and embarks on a rapid spiral toward self-destruction.
With Eugene H. Russell, IV (other contributor), Richard Lee Byers |
Reprint edition from Random House Inc (June 1, 1982)
9780394711928 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $10.00
This edition also contains The Reaver
About: A novel about the price one man was forced to pay for rejecting a life of moderation
This edition also contains The Reaver
About: A novel about the price one man was forced to pay for rejecting a life of moderation
Reinforced
The price comparison is for this edition
from Demco Media (February 1, 2002)
9780606205535 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $18.27
About: A novel about the price one man was forced to pay for rejecting a life of moderation
About: A novel about the price one man was forced to pay for rejecting a life of moderation
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (December 1, 2003)
9780613684880 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.66 lbs | List price $24.60
About: Julian and Caroline English are at the center of the social elite until Julian makes a fateful decision to break with polite society and embarks on a rapid spiral toward self-destruction.
About: Julian and Caroline English are at the center of the social elite until Julian makes a fateful decision to break with polite society and embarks on a rapid spiral toward self-destruction.
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780613170864 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $18.80
About: A novel about the price one man was forced to pay for rejecting a life of moderation
About: A novel about the price one man was forced to pay for rejecting a life of moderation
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