Eddie Fisher (1928–2010)

I scanned the first 167 pages or so because I had recently watched "Butterfield 8" and was curious about the long prominent scar down the right side of Eddie Fisher's face. O'Hara doesn't mention a scar or a cause for one in the novel. I didn't see one in any photographs in this book but it may have been airbrushed out like the scar on Hemingway's forehead. Fisher doesn't mention the scar or any injury or surgery that might have caused it. That was my only reason to read the book. He wrote a later autobiography that is apparently more explicit about his sexual escapades. Perhaps he mentions it in that book.… (mais)