My biggest shock with the book and author was reading that O’Hara has the most short stories ever published in The New Yorker. Order now from our extensive selection of books coming soon with Pre-order Price Guarantee. Well-to-do ofays who think rather well of themselves yet are, in every single way, down to the eeniest particulars, wildly conventional—well, can you imagine someone writing a novel about THEM? The novel is provocative: it details up-town and downtown adultery with cross-town machinations. The next day, a now-sober Liggett admits to himself that he still loves Gloria and asks Emily for a divorce. When Gloria returns home, she confesses to her mother about having been the "slut of all time", but declares that that is all over now since she is truly in love. On the other hand, nobody really says what they mean, or rarely, if ever. Norma arrives the next morning, finding Gloria asleep on Steve's couch; having at last made up his mind, he asks Norma to marry him. "Taylor Role Torrid in 'Butterfield 8'". Well, John O’Hara did, for many decades—and the masterstroke of 8 (try to forget Liz Taylor’s clingy slip) is that O’Hara is wildly aware of how baldly banally conventional his characters are...yet he paints them with a pointillist three-dimensionally! And, she wasn't a pro. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 3.5 stars I swear the author used "irregardless". Happy's Motel, where Gloria and Liggett stay, is actually the Budget Motor Inn, 87 South Liberty Drive, Stony Point. His friend, Bingham Smith, advises him to end his adulterous relationships and return to Bing's law firm, instead of working for his father-in-law's chemical business. There are 0 reviews and 0 ratings from Australia. And them, I'd just fall in, like an unexpected drop off in a swimming pool. I found a page from this book on the ground in Brooklyn in May, brown and torn and mostly disintegrated. Gloria drives Liggett to his apartment building where Emily, spotting them from a window above, watches as her husband throws the coat at Gloria, saying he would never give the tainted object back to his wife. They part only after Liggett's wife Emily returns. I know that O'Hara is a classic author but it just wasn't for me. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Well-to-do ofays who think rather well of themselves yet are, in every single way, down to the eeniest particulars, wildly conventional—well, can you imagine someone writing a novel about THEM? Part John Dos Passos' Manhattan, part Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, part Hitchcock's Marnie, and all O'Hara's vigorous writing, this is realism at its finest. I'd find myself deep into some truly beautiful writing. I also came to love Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, and Hemingway. She insists she does not take payment from her dates and claims she has been hired as a model to advertise the dress she is wearing at three bistros that night. [8], The café where Liggett finds Gloria as she is going to Boston is (as of 2016[update]) a single-story office building, 54 South (Liberty Drive), Stony Point. Refresh and try again. (Shakespeare knew this and tried to say it, but he said it just as badly as anyone ever said it. Meanwhile, Gloria lies to her mother Annie, claiming to have spent the night at Norma's. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. A real murder inspired the novel. But this is where the resemblance end. I found that I just feel disappointed ... All of the characters seem so underdeveloped that I really couldn't connect with them, even though I wanted to. 'All the perfumes of Arabia' makes you think of all the perfumes of Arabia and nothing more. That's not to mean that she took on masculine traits but that she played by the same rules. Liggett makes excuses and rushes out to search for Gloria at her regular clubs. One name, Gloria Wandrous! From some commentary notes, I understand that this book is not even considered one of his best. Written a tad too wordy for me, but I really liked that I felt as if I was back in that time in America, right down to sitting in a theater watching Jimmy Cagney wow and shock the movie audience in “Public Enemy.”, As with some previous classics I can see why this book would be slotted in with those. For the next three decades, his fiction shuttled back and forth between Gibbsville and New York. If the Amazon.com.au price decreases between your order time and the end of the day of the release date, you'll receive the lowest price. I first read it when I was 12...and yes, many parents and my school let me. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. BUtterfield 8 was an exchange that provided service to upper-class neighborhoods of Manhattan's Upper East Side. Sex (with women as sexual beings), drugs, alcohol (during prohibition), infidelity, marriage, men with younger women, suicide, theft, and just all around unsavory behavior, but the best part was the story was interesting as well. Frankly I’d never heard of him. She orders her telephone answering service, BUtterfield 8, to put Liggett through if he calls. Start by marking “BUtterfield 8” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Please try again. I just finished reading the book and no, I don't believe "BUtterfield 8" appears anywhere in the novel. The novel uses the word ‘slut,’ which should remind readers that their grandparent’s era was not so innocent or halcyon. [5][6] Faithfull was found dead of drowning on a beach after having apparently been beaten. The author's sense of dialogue is tremendously flowing and spot on, but at novel's end you have that lip-biting feeling that you've just read an unfinished masterpiece. There were spells where I would read steadily, following along and trying not to be bored to tears. There is no other way for her story to end. O'Hara was something of a legend, but now he seems incredibly dated. Moby-Dick (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition). But this is where the resemblance ends, for O'Hara's New York in Butterfield 8 is sordid, dark, repulsive, and pulsing with a frightful and pervasive misogyny. And them, I'd just fall in, like an unexpected drop off in a swimming pool. But his ultimate judgment seems to be that a man might get away with being a playboy, but carrying on like that can only make a woman miserable. Winner of the 2012 Fifty Books/Fifty Covers show, organized by Design Observer in association with AIGA and Designers & Books. When Gloria finds Liggett at a bistro the following evening, he drunkenly launches into insults. The big difference is that Gloria is so much more than Ms Hepburn’s character. The bit that was legible drew me in, though, and thanks to Google books I was able to find out what book it's from! Married men who were as shameless in their cheating and scheming as she was in dumping them one after another. April 1st 2003 That's not to mean that she took on masculine traits but that she played by the same rules. Steve insists that Gloria stay the night since both Gloria and he have to decide what to do next. O'Hara was a keen observer of social status and class differences, and wrote frequently about the social. Welcome back. But a bomb it is not, let us tell you ... all we can say is that Miss Taylor lends a certain fascination to the film. He tries to apologize to Gloria by asking her to marry him, but Gloria insists that his insults have "branded" her and that her past is a sore spot that no husband would ever truly be able to accept. anyone researching the development of the American novel. I'd find myself deep into some truly beautiful writing. Please choose a different delivery location. BUtterfield 8 – the camel-case title references retired telephone exchanges – is O’Hara’s ‘ripped from the headlines’ novel. He initially became known for his short stories and later became a best-selling novelist whose works include Appointment in Samarra and BUtterfield 8. This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. John Henry O'Hara was an American writer born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Good news; he’s written a good number of other books as well. She hates herself because she loved it and thus went on to make her life out of it. The novel is provocative: it details up-town and downtown adultery with cross-town machinations. Crowther, Bosley (November 17, 1960). Furthermore, making the book feel modern is the liberal way women and men’s attitudes to sex are discussed. If you read it a long time ago, read it again. Insulted, she finds her dress was torn, and takes the mink coat of Liggett's wife Emily to cover herself, scrawling "No Sale" in lipstick on the mirror.
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