Assembly

by John O'Hara

Stated First Printing. A VG+ copy in a VG dust jacket. Small bumps to the book's outer corners. Mild dust soiling to the covers and tanning to the spine. The dust jacket has rubs to its outer corners and spine tips. Tanning to its spine and dust soiling to the panels. Rubs along the folds.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories

430 pages, Hardcover

First published November 12, 1961

About the author

American writer John Henry O'Hara contributed short stories to the New Yorker and wrote novels, such as BUtterfield 8 (1935) and Ten North Frederick (1955).

Best-selling works of John Henry O'Hara include Appointment in Samarra . People particularly knew him for an uncannily accurate ear for dialogue. O'Hara, a keen observer of social status and class differences, wrote frequently about the socially ambitious.

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Reviews

[Richard Burton · Rating 5 out of 5]

You'll often see O'Hara's short stories being applauded for their dialogue, but from reading through this collection you'll soon discover that these are not short stories with excellent dialogue so much as short stories made into excellent stories because the dialogue carries the characterization and most of the plot. Reading this collection is like having one companionable conversation after another with a host of interesting characters.

[Bob Peru · Rating 4 out of 5]

if ya dig updike and cheever, you'll dig o'hara. these stories are from the early sixties. lots of smoking, drinking, and a fair amount of sex. highly recommended.

[Leila · Rating 1 out of 5]

So boring, there's like maybe two or three good short stories here but they all have the exact same suspense type and the exact same ending - it's just a good combo but cmon you can't have that be the only good part and just repeat it UGH NO