{"product_id":"2026100006496-secondhand-ten-north-frederick","title":"Ten North Frederick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887978787035,"sku":"2026100006496-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6138c2a6-ed62-426b-9665-7df7f56c7576.png?v=1781751701","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100006496-secondhand-ten-north-frederick","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}