O'Hara Compared

J.P Marquand

From Marquand to O'Hara

'There is no doubt [J.P. Marquand] is an acute and often brilliant observer of middle class manners. He should be classed with John O'Hara in this respect: ther merciless eye of a born reporter, the sensitive ear for speech, the gift of creating atmosphere and social types. These are fine assests for any writer....' -- Maxwell Geismar, American Moderns: From Rebellion to Conformity.