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The art of burning bridges : a life of John O'Hara / Geoffrey Wolff.

The art of burning bridges : a life of John O'Hara / Ge...

The art of burning bridges : a life of John O'Hara / Geoffrey Wolff.

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The art of burning bridges : a life of John O'Hara / Geoffrey Wolff.

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Full title

The art of burning bridges : a life of John O'Hara / Geoffrey Wolff.

Author / Creator

Publisher

New York : Knopf, 2003.

Date

2003.

Call Numbers

N813.52/82

Record Identifier

74VK2mPqJ7wd

MMS ID

991017946319702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

p. cm.

Contents

Preface: The One Who Didn't Win the Nobel Prize -- 1. The Region -- 2. Uptown and Down -- 3. Twentieth Century Limited -- 4. At War and About Town -- 5. The Tomes -- 6. A Local Habitation and a Name.

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Knopf, 2003.

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2003.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"An enigma of twentieth-century literature - a writer accorded great importance in his time, if less than in his own mind - is here explored by one of our most versatile men of letters, a novelist and biographer ideally suited to the strange case of John O'Hara." "What Geoffrey Wolff reveals is not only the hugely complicated man in full but also h...

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Full title

The art of burning bridges : a life of John O'Hara / Geoffrey Wolff.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Contextual Information

Other version (online)

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N813.52/82

Record Identifier

74VK2mPqJ7wd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2mPqJ7wd

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ISBN

0679427716 (alk. paper)

9780679427711 (alk. paper)

DDC

813.52

MMS ID

991017946319702626

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