Jay McInerney
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January 13, 1955
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male
place of birth
Hartford, Connecticut, The United States
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Literature & Fiction
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John Barrett McInerney Jr. is an American writer. His novels include Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, and The Last of the Savages. He edited The Penguin Book of New American Voices, wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of Bright Lights, Big City, and co-wrote the screenplay for the television film Gia, which starred Angelina Jolie. He is the wine columnist for House & Garden magazine, and his essays on wine have been collected in Bacchus & Me (2000) and A Hedonist in the Cellar (2006). His most recent novel is titled The Good Life, published in 2006.
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Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.58 — 2,415 ratings — published 1984 19 editions |
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The Good Life by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.17 — 497 ratings — published 2006 17 editions |
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Story of My Life by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.55 — 402 ratings — published 1988 13 editions |
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Brightness Falls by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.64 — 274 ratings — published 1992 19 editions |
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The Last of the Savages by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.52 — 183 ratings — published 1996 11 editions |
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Model Behaviour by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.06 — 194 ratings — published 1998 11 editions |
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Ransom by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.14 — 152 ratings — published 1985 11 editions |
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A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.63 — 89 ratings — published 2006 4 editions |
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Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.48 — 92 ratings — published 2000 3 editions |
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How It Ended by Jay McInerney avg rating 3.33 — 61 ratings — published 2000 8 editions |
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"The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families."
— Jay McInerney (The Last of the Savages)
— Jay McInerney (The Last of the Savages)
"Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been betrayed"
— Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City)
— Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City)
"a pockmarked boy with a scraggy ponytail and four tiny rings in his right ear leaned against the wall of the armory, holding his dog on a leash, a sign hanging from his neck: PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PET MY DOG. IT MAY MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER."
— Jay McInerney (The Good Life)
— Jay McInerney (The Good Life)
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