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  <name><![CDATA[Jay McInerney]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[John Barrett McInerney Jr. is an American writer. His novels include &lt;i&gt;Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;The Last of the Savages&lt;/i&gt;. He edited &lt;i&gt;The Penguin Book of New American Voices&lt;/i&gt;, wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of &lt;i&gt;Bright Lights, Big City&lt;/i&gt;, and co-wrote the screenplay for the television film &lt;i&gt;Gia&lt;/i&gt;, which starred Angelina Jolie. He is the wine columnist for &lt;i&gt;House &amp; Garden&lt;/i&gt; magazine, and his essays on wine have been collected in &lt;i&gt;Bacchus &amp; Me&lt;/i&gt; (2000) and &lt;i&gt;A Hedonist in the Cellar&lt;/i&gt; (2006). His most recent novel is titled &lt;i&gt;The Good Life&lt;/i&gt;, published in 2006.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Hartford, Connecticut</hometown>  <born_at>01/13/1955</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Bright Lights, Big City]]></title>
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  <published>1984</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Good Life]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.16</average_rating>
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  <title><![CDATA[Story of My Life]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jay McInerney]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.55</average_rating>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Brightness Falls]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jay McInerney]]></name>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Last of the Savages]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jay McInerney]]></name>
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  <published>1996</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Model Behaviour]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jay McInerney]]></name>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Ransom]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jay McInerney]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.14</average_rating>
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  <published>1985</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jay McInerney]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.63</average_rating>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jay McInerney]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.51</average_rating>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[How It Ended]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jay McInerney]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.29</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>63</ratings_count>
  <published>2000</published>  
  
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