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Jim
Mar 17, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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It's not often that I read two works of fiction from the same author back to back, but I was digging John O'Hara so much after Appointment in Samarra that I thought I would read this one. I would never have guessed that both books issued from the same person! Not that the quality of writing has changed: both books are from the mind of a master. Well, maybe not this one so much....this roman a clef had its beginnings in real life, but it is quite intriguing and, in spite of an extremely small bod ...more
Rebecca
Jul 28, 2008 rated it did not like it
this is a classic? i think i missed something...
Jayme Pendergraft
Mar 25, 2008 rated it really liked it
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Charles
Dec 02, 2009 marked it as to-read
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Phoebe
Jun 14, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Julie
Sep 19, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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Pam
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Lauren
Jul 30, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition