A review by angus_mckeogh
Butterfield 8 by John O'Hara

4.0

As with some previous classics I can see why this book would be slotted in with those. It all revolves around topics discussed and the period of time in which the book was published. 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. My biggest shock with the book and author was reading that O’Hara has the most short stories ever published in The New Yorker. Frankly I’d never heard of him. Good news; he’s written a good number of other books as well.