Selected Short Stories of John O'Hara (Modern Library Classics)

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x201C;John Ox2019;Harax2019;s fiction,x201D; wrote Lionel Trilling, x201C;is preeminent for its social verisimilitude.x201D; Made famous by his bestselling novels, including BUtterfield 8 and Appointment in Samarra, Ox2019;Hara (1905x2013;1970) also wrote some of the finest short fiction of the twentieth century.First published by the Modern Library in 1956, Selected Short Stories of John Ox2019;Hara displays the authorx2019;s skills as a keen social observer, a refreshingly frank storyteller, and a writer with a brilliant ear for dialogue. x201C;The stories in this volume,x201D; writes Louis Begley in his new Introduction, x201C;show the wide range of [Ox2019;Harax2019;s] interests and an ability to treat with a virtuosox2019;s ease characters and situations from any place on Americax2019;s geographic and social spectrum.x201D;