A Rage to Live

O'Hara, John

Published by Random House, New York, 1949

First edition. 590 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To Sheldon Tannen/With thanks and/best wishes/Sincerely/John O'Hara/'21'/8 August 1949". Tannen was the nephew of "21" Club co-founder Jack Kriendler who took over the club on Jack's death. Novelist and short story writer John O Hara (1905-1970) got his start in journalism and began selling stories ot the New Yorker. His first novel, Appointment in Samarra (1934) was an immediate success, and was followed swiftly by a collection of short fiction, The Doctor s Son and Other Stories, and his second novel, Butterfield 8 (1935). His short stories featuring Pal Joey were adapted into a musical by Rodgers and Hart. He worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter, and "in 1949 O Hara wrote what many critics considered to be his first important work since Appointment in Samarra, the best-seller A Rage to Live …O Hara once said of himself, Being a cheap, ordinary guy, I have an instinct for what an ordinary guy likes " (ANB). He was a regular at "21" and contributed a piece to "The Iron Gate," the festschrift for Kriendler published on the 25th anniversary of the club's founding. Original cloth. Light shelfwear, very good in very good or better dust jacket with illustration by John O Hara Cosgrave II. Seller Inventory # 375662

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Rage to Live
Publisher: Random House, New York
Publication Date: 1949
Binding: 590 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First edition.