Marilyn Sue Michel’s Reviews > Collected Stories of John O'Hara > Status Update
Marilyn Sue Michel
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Well written but three stories so far have used The Infamous Noun (n-word). I guess that's how they talked in early 20th century New York.
— Jan 11, 2019 09:28AM
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Marilyn Sue Michel
is on page 242 of 414
These stories are from O'Hara's later period, in the early 1960s. He seems to be obsessed with wild women and tough men.
— Jan 23, 2019 11:14AM
Marilyn Sue Michel
is on page 116 of 414
O'Hara is good at characters and dialog, for people he is familiar with, mostly white people in the East. I'm currently reading "Imagine Kissing Pete," about a man who becomes a sexual abuser of his friend's wives. The response is typically old-school: Don't tell my husband, don't invite us to your house and I won't invite you to mine. This leaves the victim isolated even from her own husband.
— Jan 18, 2019 12:32PM
