Butterfield 8

Informationen zum Autor John O'Hara was born in Pennsylvania on 31 January 1905. His first novel, Appointment in Samarra (1934), won him instant acclaim, and he quickly came to be regarded as one of the most prominent writers in America. He won the National Book Award for his novel Ten North Frederick and had more stories published in the New Yorker than anyone in the history of the magazine. His fourteen novels include A Rage to Live , Pal Joey , BUtterfield 8 and From the Terrace. John O'Hara died on 11 April 1970. Klappentext This particular morning, Gloria finds herself alone in a stranger's apartment with nothing but a torn evening dress and her stockings and panties. When she takes a fur coat from the wardrobe to wear home, she sets in train a series of events that will lead to tragedy. Zusammenfassung This particular morning, Gloria finds herself alone in a stranger's apartment with nothing but a torn evening dress and her stockings and panties. When she takes a fur coat from the wardrobe to wear home, she sets in train a series of events that will lead to tragedy.

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John O'Hara

Product details

• Authors: John O'Hara
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.04.2008
• EAN: 9780099518334
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951833-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics New Look
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary