The Last Bachelor by Jay Mcinerney
An astonishingly funny and poignant new collection of short stories from Jay McInerney - one of the pre-eminent writers of his generation.
'McInerney has proven himself not only a brilliant stylist but a master of characterisation, with a keen eye for the incongruities of urban life' New York Times Book Review 'Jay McInerney is the type of American novelist to whom English readers instinctively warm ' Sunday Telegraph 'McInerney delivers with grace and witHe does what a good novelist should: he takes an abstract idea and gives it life' Alain de Botton 'McInerney writes with compassion and wit and is never better than when observing the social mores of his contemporaries' Tatler
One of a dazzling new generation of American writers (including Bret Easton Ellis and Tama Janowitz), Jay McInerney came to prominence in 1984 with his first novel Bright Lights, Big City. He is the author of six further novels: Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, The Last of the Savages, Model Behaviour and The Good Life, the collection of stories How It Ended and, most recently, a work of non-fiction, A Hedonist in the Cellar. The Last Bachelor is his second collection of stories. He lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747599845 |
| ISBN 10 | 074759984X |
| Title | The Last Bachelor |
| Author | Jay Mcinerney |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2009-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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