Author: johnohara

A classic novel with over 3,500 five-star Goodreads ratings: During the 1930 holiday season, an elite social group is rocked by the self-destructive acts of one of its members. “Exceptionally brilliant” (New York Herald Tribune).

The bestselling novel that became an Oscar-winning film starring Elizabeth Taylor about New York’s speakeasy generation A masterpiece of American fiction and a bestseller upon its publication in 1935, BUtterfield 8 lays bare with brash honesty the unspoken and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of a society still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. One Sunday morning, Gloria wakes up in a stranger’s apartment with nothing but a torn evening dress, stockings, and panties. When she steals a fur coat from the wardrobe to wear home, she unleashes a series of events that can only…