Bright Lights, Big City
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
30 November 1990
Summary
With this publication in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. This remarkable novel of youth and New York remains one of the most beloved, imitated, and iconic novels in America.
“A brilliant and moving work-unique, refreshing, imaginatively powerful and authentically conceived.” - The New York Times
The novel follows a young man, living in Manhattan as if he owned it, through nightclubs, fashion shows, editorial offices, and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780394726410 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0394726413 |
| Author: | Jay McInerney |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 1990 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Vintage Contemporaries |
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Critics Review
“Bright Lights, Big City is a brilliant and moving work—unique, refreshing, imaginatively powerful and authentically conceived.”
—The New York Times
“Bright Lights, Big City defined, and even determined, the mood of this whole town.”
—Vanity Fair
“Short, sleek and very funny…. Beneath it’s surface, though, a heart’s cry for a saner, sweeter, more thoughtful and restrained existence.”
—Chicago Tribune
“Each generation needs its Manhattan novel, and many ache to write it. But it was McInerney who succeeded.”
—The New York Times Book Review
About The Author
Jay McInerney
Jay McInerney is the author of eight novels, a collection of short stories and three collections of essays on wine. He lives in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York.
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