Appointment in Samarra

Book • 1934

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Andy Greenwald

as a candidate to update into a contemporary TV series about social ruin in suburban settings.

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Peter Hitchens

as an author whose work he admired.

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

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Jim Cramer

as a great novel with a theory about escaping destiny.

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Marlon James

as an O'Hara novel he read and would not revisit often; Jake suggests short-story collections would suit O'Hara.

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