The tragicomedy of a young man in NYC, struggling with the reality of his mother's death, alienation and the seductive pull of drugs. \*\*\* All messed up and no place to go. It's six a.m., the party's over and reality is threatening to intervene in the frenetic, powder-fuelled existence of a yo
Bright Lights, Big City
β Scribed by McInerney, Jay
- Book ID
- 107091232
- Publisher
- Columna
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780394726410
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β¦ Synopsis
Review
"Bright Lights, Big City is a brilliant and moving workΠ²Πβunique, refreshing, imaginatively powerful and authentically conceived."
Π²Πβ_The New York Times_
"Bright Lights, Big City defined, and even determined, the mood of this whole town."
Π²Πβ_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."
Π²Πβ_Chicago Tribune_
"Each generation needs its Manhattan novel, and many ache to write it. But it was McInerney who succeeded."
Π²Πβ_The New York Times Book Review_
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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 ou
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 t