Pal Joey (novel)

Pal Joey
First ed. cover
AuthorJohn O'Hara
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDuell, Sloan and Pearce
Publication date
1940 (first edition)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages195 p.
OCLC653710

Pal Joey is a 1940 epistolary novel by John O'Hara,[1] which became the basis of the 1940 stage musical comedy and 1957 motion picture of the same name, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart.[2][3] It was originally written as a series of episodic short stories in The New Yorker in the late 1930s.[4]

  1. ^ Bower, Anne (2014). Epistolary Responses: The Letter in Twentieth-Century American Fiction and Criticism. University of Alabama Press p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8173-5814-3.
  2. ^ Lahr, John (December 28, 2008). "Bewitched And Bothered". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  3. ^ Grauke, Kevin (December 2, 2016). "John O'Hara's 'Stories': Much-needed collection of local novelist's fiction". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Bruccoli, Matthew J. (1975). The O'Hara Concern: A Biography of John O'Hara. University of Pittsburgh Press pp. 149-151. ISBN 978-0-8229-7471-0.

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