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John O'Hara

“O’Hara understood better than any other American writer how class can both reveal and shape character.” —Fran Lebowitz

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George S. Kaufman

Kaufman & Co.: Broadway Comedies

Jack Kerouac

Collected Poems
Road Novels 1957–1960
The Unknown Kerouac: Rare, Unpublished & Newly Translated Writings
Visions of Cody, Visions of Gerard, Big Sur

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