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Corrine and Russell Calloway lead an enviable New York life, he in publishing, she as a stockbroker. Dissatisfied with his career, however, Russell and another wily young editor plan a hostile takeover of the business. Unwisely, they find a corporate raider to help them--and find themselves betrayed by him in the end. Jay McInerney's novel perfectly captures the greed, glitter, and, finally, disillusion and depression of the 1980s, as the world of high finance and unlimited opportunity collapses and the "Me Decade" comes to an end.
| Details | | Series: | Vintage Contemporaries Series |
| Size | | Length: | 415 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"McInerney's version of Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair'....A funny, self-mocking, sometimes brilliant portrait of our latest Lost Generation."
Time - John Skow
"A wicked pleasure to read....If this is McInerney's most ambitious novel, it is also his most giving."
Boston Globe - Gail Caldwell
"Brilliantly delineated...McInerney's writing is ironic, penetrating and at times even lyrical. He has all the true instincts of a major novelist."
Wall Street Journal - Joseph Olshan
"A superb and humane social critic, McInerny has a sure hand with narrative, a sharp but forgiving eye for human frailty, and a considerable gift for human comedy....A big, sprawling novel with important themes and a social canvas stretched to include everyone from panhandlers to penthouse dwellers."
Newsweek - Malcom Jones Jr.
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