BUtterfield 8 (novel)

BUtterfield 8 (1935) is a realist novel by John O'Hara. It is a roman à clef loosely based upon the life of socialite and flapper Starr Faithfull, whose unsolved death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation.[1][2] Reviews were mixed but the novel was a best-seller.

It was adapted for a 1960 movie of the same name, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey. A paperback edition published at the same time sold more than one million copies.[3] In 2019, it was one of four John O'Hara novels published in a collection by the Library of America.

  1. ^ "A New Novel by John O'Hara". New York Times. October 20, 1935. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Goodman, Jonathan (1996). The Passing of Starr Faithfull. Kent State University Press. p. 290. ISBN 9780873385411. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
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