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Told in the second person, BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY is about a nameless young man's flight from mortality during one Manhattan night--a trip through nightclubs, parties, editorial offices, and fashion shows, with drugs and wit and dubious friendships to carry him along. Jay McInerney's hugely influential--and, at its heart, wonderfully satirical--novel inspired an entire genre of books about the aimless, hopeless lives of druggy yuppies in the city. BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY is one of the best, informed by McInerney's street-smart comic sense and relentlessly clear eye. In 1988, it was made into a movie starring Michael J. Fox.
Industry Reviews
"Terrific: remarkable, funny writing, a perfect power-to-weight ration."
Thomas McGuane
"...One of those rare writers who catches the moods, nuances and manners of a sub-culture with humor, finesse, skill, and accuracy."
George Plimpton
"[His] voice is a lot of us, whether young New Yorkers or not--cooly accurate, but sobbing inside a little."
Barry Hannah
"It is a dazzling debut, smart, heartfelt and very, very funny."
Tobias Wolff
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