B Utterfield 8 by John O'Hara
Set amid the hard-edged social scene of 1930s New York, the novel follows Gloria Wandrous, a glamorous but self-destructive young woman who drifts between brief affairs with wealthy, married men and the people who try to contain or exploit her. Through its candid, unsparing depiction of sex, class, and loneliness, the story examines how personal desire, social ambition, and moral hypocrisy collide, tracing the costs of a life lived on the margins of respectability.
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- Published
- 1935
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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