er ▁with ▁a ▁bl urb : ▁" John ▁O ' H ara ▁writes ▁better ▁all ▁the ▁time ." ▁▁ ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁said ▁it ▁provided ▁" the ▁ult ra - ult ra ▁in ▁fict ional ▁dep iction ▁of ▁the ▁will ful ▁de grad ation ▁of ▁sex ". ▁ ▁Ada pt ations ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁adapted ▁for ▁a ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁that ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁It ▁star red ▁Elizabeth ▁Taylor , ▁who ▁won ▁the ▁Academy ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Act ress ▁for ▁her ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Gl oria ▁W andr ous . ▁O ' H ara ▁did ▁not ▁particip ate ▁in ▁writing ▁the ▁adaptation , ▁and ▁public ity ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁did ▁not ▁mention ▁his ▁name . ▁▁ ▁With ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁movie , ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁million ▁paper back ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁were ▁sold . ▁In ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁movie , ▁the ▁Harvard ▁C rim son ▁described ▁B U t ter field ▁ 8 ▁" one ▁of ▁O ' H ara ' s ▁few ▁good ▁nov els " ▁and ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁truly ▁great ▁chron icles ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 ' s ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁movie ▁and ▁paper back ▁edition , ▁O ' H ara ▁described ▁his ▁amb ition ▁in ▁writing ▁this ▁novel : ▁" I ▁was ▁determined ▁to ▁make ▁plain ▁what ▁I ▁had ▁seen ." ▁He ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁suppress ed ▁the ▁more ▁shock ing