false <![CDATA[Appointment in Samarra: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171919041m/126583.jpg 126583 26 A twentieth-century classic, <b>Appointment in Samarra</b><i> </i>is the first and most widely read book by the writer Fran Leibowitz called &#8220;the real F. Scott Fitzgerald.&#8221;<br><br>In December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville social circuit is electrified with parties and dances, where the music plays late into the night and the liquor flows freely. At the center of the social elite stand Julian and Caroline English&#8212;the envy of friends and strangers alike. But in one rash moment born inside a highball glass, Julian breaks with polite society and begins a rapid descent toward self-destruction. <b>Appointment in Samarra</b><i> </i>brilliantly captures the personal politics and easy bitterness of small-town life. It is John O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s crowning achievement, and a lasting testament to the keen social intelligence of a major American novelist. 2555382 1934 Appointment in Samarra: A Novel total:692|5:174|4:287|3:172|2:47|1:12| 692 2640 1192 93 3 2 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 07 11:00:40 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 24 12:05:58 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 06:02:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 06:11:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 13:18:58 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 12:46:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 21 22:06:35 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 22:06:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Oct 17 16:53:03 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 17:23:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 11 21:57:06 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 21 10:22:47 -0800 2008 My my. There's something about the pleasantville genre that never quite sat square with me- the difference between the public persona and the ineffable "self" that makes a mess of so much decorum. Well, no shit. Writing after 1968 affords us that judgement.

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