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  • THE ESSENTIALS – Appointment in Samarra

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Another one none of us had heard of! Appointment in Samarra is John O'Hara's acclaimed 1934 novel about the rapid, self-destructive downfall of Julian English, a wealthy young man in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Gibbsville over three days during Christmas 1930. Driven by alcohol, social pressure, and impulsive acts, Julian alienates his wife and […]

  • THE ESSENTIALS – At Swim-Two-Birds

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    THIS BOOK CLUB HAS BEEN MOVED UP ONE WEEK FROM MAY 13. Stop us if you've heard this before: At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 postmodern, metafictional novel by Irish author […]