Ten North Frederick
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some edge wear and minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed with age; inor nick/tear on fep. Markings: None. Binding: Appears intact.
A landmark work of mid-twentieth-century American fiction, Ten North Frederick is a penetrating character study set in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Gibbsville. The novel chronicles the life of Joe Chapin, a wealthy, respected attorney whose outward success conceals a lifetime of thwarted ambitions, quiet disappointments, and unfulfilled desires — including a secret dream of becoming President of the United States. John O'Hara writes with surgical precision, dissecting the rigid social hierarchies and hypocrisies of small-town WASP America with an unflinching, unsentimental eye. The narrative unfolds across several decades, moving from Joe's funeral backward through his life, presenting a rich and damning portrait of a man undone by the very world that celebrated him. Winner of the National Book Award in 1956, this is O'Hara at his most commanding — a masterwork of social realism that stands alongside Appointment in Samarra as essential American literature.
Author: John O'Hara
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Cresset Press
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some edge wear and minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed with age; inor nick/tear on fep. Markings: None. Binding: Appears intact.
A landmark work of mid-twentieth-century American fiction, Ten North Frederick is a penetrating character study set in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Gibbsville. The novel chronicles the life of Joe Chapin, a wealthy, respected attorney whose outward success conceals a lifetime of thwarted ambitions, quiet disappointments, and unfulfilled desires — including a secret dream of becoming President of the United States. John O'Hara writes with surgical precision, dissecting the rigid social hierarchies and hypocrisies of small-town WASP America with an unflinching, unsentimental eye. The narrative unfolds across several decades, moving from Joe's funeral backward through his life, presenting a rich and damning portrait of a man undone by the very world that celebrated him. Winner of the National Book Award in 1956, this is O'Hara at his most commanding — a masterwork of social realism that stands alongside Appointment in Samarra as essential American literature.