Bright Lights, Big City by Jay Mcinerney

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Bright Lights, Big City by Jay Mcinerney

With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. The novel follows a young man, living in Manhattan as if he owned it, through nightclubs, fashion shows, editorial offices, and loft parties as he attempts to outstrip mortality and the recurring approach of dawn. With nothing but goodwill, controlled substances, and wit to sustain him in this anti-quest, he runs until he reaches his reckoning point, where he is forced to acknowledge loss and, possibly, to rediscover his better instincts. This remarkable novel of youth and New York remains one of the most beloved, imitated, and iconic novels in America.

Jay McInerney lives in Manhattan and Bridgehampton, New York. He writes a wine column for The Wall Street Journal and is a regular contributor to The Guardian and Corriere della Sera, and his fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Playboy, Granta, and The Paris Review. In 2006, Time cited Bright Lights, Big City as one of nine generation-defining novels of the twentieth century, and The Good Life received the Prix Litteraire at the Deauville Film Festival in 2007. How It Ended: New and Collected Stories (2009) reminds us, Sam Tanenhaus wrote in The New York Times Book Review, how impressively broad McInerney's scope has been and how confidently he has ranged across wide swaths of our national experience.

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ISBN 13 9780394726410
ISBN 10 0394726413
Title Bright Lights, Big City
Author Jay Mcinerney
Series Vintage Contemporaries
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 1984-08-12
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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