The Big Laugh Author:John O'Hara "John O'Hara is the most powerful American novelist at work today. He is utterly lacking in sentimentality, in any cmpulson to make pretty wht is ugly, in any ability to dissimulate about truth or compromise with the critics or the public. He is tough, harsh and real; he is not for any who would protest against reality because it is "dirty" or... more » "sordid." His popularity says something favorable about our public - it will sometimes buy good honest books if it gets the chance. THE BIG LAUGH is John O'Hara's Hollywood novel..." Chicago Tribune.« less