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The hero of this novel is sleepwalking through his job on a chic New Yorker-style magazine by day; by night he pursues pleasure in the coke-fuelled clublands of Manhattan. But pleasure is elusive and his wife, a glamorous model, has left him. By the author of "Story of My Life".
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"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""
"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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"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""
"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
Hailed as one of the classic New York novels of the 80s,
alongside Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, Slaves of New York by Tama
Janowitz and The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolff
alongside Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, Slaves of New York by Tama
Janowitz and The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolff
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0394756886
- ISBN 13 9780394756882
- BindingPaperback
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