| Hope of Heaven | |
| Author: | John O'Hara |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Publisher: | Harcourt, Brace & World |
| Published: | 1938 |
| Pages: | 182 |
Hope of Heaven is a 1938 novel by John O'Hara. It tells the story of struggling screenwriter in his mid-30s, living in Hollywood, who becomes besotted with an idealistic, younger woman, who doesn't fully reciprocate. Her estranged father, in town on business, complicates matters. The book is considered a work of hard-boiled noir.[1] The screenwriter in the story is John Malloy, O'Hara's frequent fictional alter ego.[2] [3]