false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170361109m/49715.jpg 49715 10 A bestseller upon its publication in 1935, <i>BUtterfield 8</i> was inspired by a news account of the discovery of the body of a beautiful young woman washed up on a Long Island beach. Was it an accident, a murder, a suicide? The circumstances of her death were never resolved, but O&#8217;Hara seized upon the tragedy to imagine the woman&#8217;s down-and-out life in New York City in the early 1930s. <br><br>&#8220;O&#8217;Hara understood better than any other American writer how class can both reveal and shape character,&#8221; Fran Lebowitz writes in her Introduction. With brash honesty and a flair for the unconventional, <i>BUtterfield 8</i> lays bare the unspoken and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of a society still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. The result is a masterpiece of American fiction. 1768442 book 1935 BUtterfield 8 (Modern Library Classics) total:263|5:38|4:103|3:102|2:14|1:6| 263 942 392 25 3 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 15 08:15:27 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 09:52:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Aug 27 14:58:45 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 15:06:17 -0700 2007 BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara, I decreed it one of the best books I'd ever read. Now, though not of dubious quality, not so much. A nice portrait of New York, and more importantly its inhabits and their mores. John O'Hara wrote brilliant dialog-- it lacks that sense of false poigna...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 24 03:58:57 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 03:58:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 12:22:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 14:53:45 -0700 2009 classics" sitting on my shelves to be read. This summer I picked up BUtterfield 8 and dove right in. I had almost no idea what to expect. I'd never seen the movie and hadn't really ever heard anything about the story. Reading the back cover gave a slight insight,...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 12:29:01 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 12:44:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 14:05:29 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 14:08:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 17:33:30 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 15:45:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 16 07:03:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 07:06:31 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 17:05:59 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 15:46:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Apr 17 10:05:48 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 10:06:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 16:38:25 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 16:38:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 22 13:05:47 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 09:38:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 30 12:54:14 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 07:40:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 26 17:11:59 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 17:16:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 13 11:19:45 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 11:23:03 -0700 2007
I didn't like the story though. It seemed he didn't have anything else to write about so he wrote a story about a woman having an affair. Sordid f...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 08 13:14:37 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 13:18:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 22 05:30:25 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 16:39:03 -0700 2008 3 0 true true Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 21:48:24 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 21:48:24 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat Apr 26 09:40:13 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 09:40:13 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Jun 05 09:08:49 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 09:15:20 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=49715