The phrase “Appointment in Samarra” is usually associated with the 1934 novel of that name by John O’Hara. But its origin is the 1933 play, Sheppey, by Somerset Maugham. Near the end of the play, ...

It's been years since I read John O'Hara's novel "Appointment in Samarra." The epigraph that introduces the book is a retelling of a 1933 W. Somerset Maugham story that appears in Maugham's play ...

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POTTSVILLE — Two days before what would have been John O’Hara’s 120th birthday, a group of readers got together to discuss the author’s best-known novel, “Appointment in Samarra.” O’Hara — Schuylkill ...

With a dazzling new cover and smart new introduction, one of my favorite novels, “Appointment in Samarra” by John O’Hara, is reborn. Before some of you head back to school and read assignments of ...

In an old Middle Eastern tale, a servant is jostled by Death in the marketplace in Baghdad. The servant borrows his master’s horse and flees to Samarra, about 80 miles away, “so Death will not find me ...

THE U.S. HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO IF IT’S GOING TO TAKE BACK IRAQI cities held by insurgents. The job began last week, as 3,000 U.S. and 2,000 Iraqi troops stormed Samarra. In September talks with ...

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Another day, another country left to the tender mercies of terrorists. Going by his own arbitrary, purely political deadline, this president and now only nominal Leader of the Free World has been ...

The Situation, Philip Haas's deftly-paced, well-written, and brilliantly infuriating Iraq War thriller is not only the strongest of recent geopolitical hotspot flicks but one that has been designed ...