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John O'Hara


(John Henry O'Hara)
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John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 - April 11, 1970) was an American writer.

Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, he initially made a name for himself with his short stories and later became a best-selling novelist whose works include Appointment in Samarra and Butterfield 8. He was particularly known for an uncannily accurate ear for dialogue. O'Hara was a keen observer of social status and class differences, and wrote frequently about the socially ambitious.
 
 
Novels
   Appointment in Samarra (1934)
   Butterfield 8 (1935)
   A Rage to Live (1949)
   The Farmer's Hotel (1953)
   Ten North Frederick (1955)
   A Family Party (1957)
   From the Terrace (1958)
   Ourselves to Know (1960)
   The Big Laugh (1962)
   Elizabeth Appleton (1963)
   The Lockwood Concern (1966)
   The Instrument (1967)
   Lovey Childs (1969)
   The Second Ewings (1972)
   The Ewings (1972)
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Collections
   The Doctor's Son and Other Stories (1935)
   Files On Parade (1939)
   The Great Short Stories (1939)
   Hope of Heaven (1939)
   Pal Joey (1940)
   Hellbox (1947)
   Selected Short Stories (1956)
   Sermons and Soda-water (1960)
   Assembley (1961)
   Assembly (1961)
   Horse Knows the Way (1961)
   The Cape Cod Lighter (1962)
   Five Plays (1962)
   The Hat on the Bed (1963)
   Waiting for Winter (1966)
   My Turn (1967)
   And Other Stories (1968)
   The O'Hara Generation (1969)
   Pipe Night (1969)
   The Time Element and Other Stories (1972)
   Good Samaritan and Other Stories (1974)
   Avon Bedside Companion (1977) (with others)
   The Collected Stories of John O'Hara (1985)
   Forty-Nine Stories (1986)
   Gibbsville, Pa (1993)
   Novellas of John O'Hara (1995)
   John O'Hara's Hollywood (2003)
   Selected Stories (2011)
   The New York Stories (2013)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Doctor's Son (1935)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Anthologies containing stories by John O'Hara
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Master's Choice (1999)
(Master's Choice, book 1)
edited by
Lawrence Block
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Nothing But You (1997)
Love Stories from the New Yorker
edited by
Roger Angell

Awards
National Book Award for Fiction Best Book winner (1956) : Ten North Frederick


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