title: John O'Hara: Stories (LOA #282) (Library of America John O'Hara Edition)
author: John O'Hara
description: Charles McGrath, editor, is a writer at large at <i>The&#160;New York Times</i>, and was formerly editor of <i>The&#160;New York Times Book Review</i> and deputy editor of&#160;<i>The New Yorker</i>.
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  # JOHN O’HARA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # THE DOCTOR’S SON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Charles McGrath, _editor_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  LIBRARY OF AMERICA E-BOOK CLASSICS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  JOHN O’HARA: THE DOCTOR’S SON
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2016 by
  
  
  
  
  
  Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.
  
  
  
  
  
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  No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without
  
  
  
  
  
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  quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
  
  
  
  
  
  Published in the United States by Library of America.
  
  
  
  
  
  The Doctor’s Son,” copyright © 1935, renewed 1962 by John O’Hara.
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by arrangement with The Bank of America N.A. as Trustee
  
  
  
  
  
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