Description
Set in glamorous, ruthless New York in 1931, this novel follows Gloria Wandrous, a “good time girl” navigating the glittering social world that both courts and consumes her. Told through a sequence of vivid vignettes, it traces her shifting relationships and the emotional costs of living by desire, reputation, and money. At the center is a tumultuous affair with a married man, a bond that exposes the hypocrisies of respectability and the fragile bargains beneath the city’s shine. With John O’Hara’s sharp, unsentimental realism and keen eye for class and character, the book becomes a searching portrait of modern romance—where glamour is never free and every choice has a price.
Available Editions
paperback
Panther
Published Jan 1, 1979
220 pages
ISBN: 9780586046128
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Details
First Published
1935
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Butterfield 8 by John O'Hara.