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mn1a [#21 - HENDERSON THE RAIN KING ~ by ~ Saul Bellow]
modern_library_100_best_novels [2015/06/11 13:13]
mn1a [#23 - U.S.A. (trilogy) ~ by ~ John Dos Passos]
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   * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/18592|BR 18592]] - 3 volumes.   * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/18592|BR 18592]] - 3 volumes.
  
-==== #22 - APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara ====+==== #22 - APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O'Hara ====
 Fast-moving first novel by journalist/critic John O'Hara (1905-1970) set in 1930s small-town Pennsylvania. As Gibbsville celebrates Christmas with parties, music, and liquor, aristocratic drunkard Julian English breaks with polite society in one rash moment, beginning his rapid descent to self-destruction. Some strong language. 1934.\\ Fast-moving first novel by journalist/critic John O'Hara (1905-1970) set in 1930s small-town Pennsylvania. As Gibbsville celebrates Christmas with parties, music, and liquor, aristocratic drunkard Julian English breaks with polite society in one rash moment, beginning his rapid descent to self-destruction. Some strong language. 1934.\\
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   * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/58197|DB 58197]] - Read by Michael Russotto. Reading time 8 hours, 34 minutes.   * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/58197|DB 58197]] - Read by Michael Russotto. Reading time 8 hours, 34 minutes.
   * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/15398|BR 15398]] - 2 volumes.   * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/15398|BR 15398]] - 2 volumes.
-==== #23 - U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos ====+==== #23 - U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos ====
 Three novels first published as a trilogy in 1938: **//The 42nd Parallel//** (1930), **//1919//** (1932), and **//The Big Money//** (1936). Dos Passos satirizes life in America from 1900 until the 1930s, using period "newsreels," autobiographical "camera eye" pieces, and biographical sketches. Contains chronologies of Dos Passos's life and historical events cited. Some strong language.\\ Three novels first published as a trilogy in 1938: **//The 42nd Parallel//** (1930), **//1919//** (1932), and **//The Big Money//** (1936). Dos Passos satirizes life in America from 1900 until the 1930s, using period "newsreels," autobiographical "camera eye" pieces, and biographical sketches. Contains chronologies of Dos Passos's life and historical events cited. Some strong language.\\
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