John O’Hara “Butterfield 8” First Edition 1st Printing 1935 -
Item History & Price
John O’Hara “Butterfield 8” First Edition 1st Printing ~ 1935 - Good Condition. The book is rubbed, worn and the boards are soiled (as pictured).
Butterfield 8 is a realist novel by John O'Hara first published in 1935. It is a roman à clef loosely based upon the life of flapper Starr Faithfull, whose unexplained death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation. The book was made into a movie starring Elizabeth Taylor.John Henry O'Hara was an American writer who earned his early lite...rary reputation for short stories and became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with Appointment in Samarra and Butterfield 8. His work stands out among that of contemporaries for its unvarnished realism.While O'Hara's legacy as a writer is debated, his champions rank him highly among the under-appreciated and unjustly neglected major American writers of the 20th century. Few college students educated after O'Hara's death in 1970 have discovered him, chiefly because he refused to allow his work to be reprinted in anthologies used to teach literature at the college level.
Butterfield 8 is a realist novel by John O'Hara first published in 1935. It is a roman à clef loosely based upon the life of flapper Starr Faithfull, whose unexplained death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation. The book was made into a movie starring Elizabeth Taylor.John Henry O'Hara was an American writer who earned his early lite...rary reputation for short stories and became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with Appointment in Samarra and Butterfield 8. His work stands out among that of contemporaries for its unvarnished realism.While O'Hara's legacy as a writer is debated, his champions rank him highly among the under-appreciated and unjustly neglected major American writers of the 20th century. Few college students educated after O'Hara's death in 1970 have discovered him, chiefly because he refused to allow his work to be reprinted in anthologies used to teach literature at the college level.
