| Bright Lights, Big City Contributor(s): McInerney, Jay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0394726413 ISBN-13: 9780394726410 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1984 Annotation: The tragicomedy of a young man in NYC, struggling with the reality of his mother's death, alienation and the seductive pull of drugs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 84040074 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.24" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 182 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |