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    • Appointment in Samarra

    • Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    • By: John O'Hara, Charles McGrath (introduction)
    • Narrated by: Christian Camargo
    • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 120
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 109
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 109

    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.

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Quite good, but not a classic

    • By Michael on 04-25-15

    Regular price: $24.50

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