THE JOHN O'HARA SOCIETY
On July 19, 1947, publication of "Interior with Figures." The New Yorker. The Time Element and Other Stories.
Post World War Two (1947) social setting
snapshot of a wealthy family of four. The son Ned has flunked out of Yale. He lives at home, works construction drives a motorcycle, and verbally spars with his father over cocktails before dinner. (Should he wear a coat and tie for dinner? Mother says he doesn't have to). They have Nellie the cook, as well as a golf club membership.
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