Good Samaritan (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John O’Hara
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Husbands, United States or Americans, Wives, Love or romance, Police, Twentieth century, Friendship, Adultery, Missing persons, Identity
- Locales: United States
“Good Samaritan” first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post of November 30, 1968. As the story begins, Mary Wood is hosting twenty people for a buffet lunch. Her party may be associated with a golf tournament that is being held that weekend.
The setting is not identified specifically, but it is an affluent community of suburban or summer homes in the present day. When the Reeds—George and Carrie—arrive, they ask where Willoughby Wood is. Mary confides to them that her husband has been missing for two days, but she tells the other guests that he has been suddenly...
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