Appointment in Samarra

Book • 1934

Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Peter Hitchens

as an author whose work he admired.

Mentioned by

Jim Cramer

as a great novel with a theory about escaping destiny.

Referenced to illustrate the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy, a central theme in Oedipus the King.

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