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Cargando... Appointment in Samarra, BUtterfield 8, & Hope of Heaven (edición 1934)por John O'Hara
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The early stages of this story feel like a Victorian period novel reset in a 1920's, noir mystery. O'Hara examines much of the same social behavior as does Austen or Dickens, only O'Hara's characters are American to the core. As Julian's behavior and mental state deteriorate, it becomes clear that O'Hara has constructed a tragic figure in his main character, one who is completely invested in all of the trimmings of his social status but devoid of the self esteem or guile to maintain the life.
O'Hara's novel has an edge to it, one that evokes Dashiel Hammet or John D. MacDonald. The story and and style also call to mind Georges Simenon, who also liked to study characters whose minds and lives seemed to be decompensating.
Recommended.
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