{"product_id":"appointment-in-samarra-by-john-ohara-9780099518327","title":"Appointment in Samarra","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor all its excellence as a social panorama and a sketch of a marriage, it is as a picture of a man destroyed by drink and pride that \u003cem\u003eAppointment in Samarra\u003c\/em\u003e lives frighteningly in the mind\u003c\/em\u003e – John Updike\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJulian English prides himself a member of his hometown's social elite, but from the moment he throws a cocktail in the face of a powerful business associate, his life spirals out of control, taking his loving but troubled marriage with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing English's rapid decline and fall, \u003cem\u003eAppointment in Samarra\u003c\/em\u003e is a fast-paced and blackly comic portrait of 1930s America. O'Hara's debut novel introduced a prolific new voice to a generation and still stands as one of the great works of American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46457523241196,"sku":"9780099518327","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11272103482223.jpg?v=1747742220","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/appointment-in-samarra-by-john-ohara-9780099518327","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}