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Bright Lights, Big City

By Jay McInerney

By Jay McInerney

By Jay McInerney

By Jay McInerney

By Jay McInerney
Read by Daniel Passer

By Jay McInerney
Read by Daniel Passer

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Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Paperback $17.00

Aug 12, 1984 | ISBN 9780394726410

Ebook $11.99

Aug 10, 2011 | ISBN 9780307763211

Audiobook Download $14.00

Aug 25, 2009 | 312 Minutes

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    About Bright Lights, Big City

    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.

    About Bright Lights, Big City

    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.

    About Bright Lights, Big City

    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.

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    About Jay McInerney

    Jay McInerney is the author of eight novels, two collections of short stories, and three collections of essays on wine. His latest book, Bright, Precious Days, was published in 2016. He lives in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York. 

    About Jay McInerney

    Jay McInerney is the author of eight novels, two collections of short stories, and three collections of essays on wine. His latest book, Bright, Precious Days, was published in 2016. He lives in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York. 

    About Jay McInerney

    Jay McInerney is the author of eight novels, two collections of short stories, and three collections of essays on wine. His latest book, Bright, Precious Days, was published in 2016. He lives in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York. 

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 12, 1984 | 208 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780394726410

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 10, 2011 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9780307763211

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $14.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Aug 25, 2009 | 312 Minutes | ISBN 9780307578167

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    Praise

    “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

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