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About 86 pages (25,777 words) in 14 products |
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Jay McInerney | | Birth Date: |
January 13, 1955 | | Place of Birth: |
Hartford, Connecticut | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Jay McInerney
2,889 words, approx. 10 pages
 "You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. But here you are, and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar, although the details are fuzzy.... All might come clear if you could just slip... summary from source:
 Biography of Jay McInerney
2,467 words, approx. 8 pages
Jay McInerney's works document the urban world of New York and provide a peek into the glitzy, sometimes overly consumerist existence about which average Americans know little. Although he is often categorized with other chroniclers of the New York... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Jay McInerney Information
855 words, approx. 3 pages
 John Barrett McInerney Jr. (born January 13, 1955 in Hartford, Connecticut) (pronounced /ˈmækənɝni/) 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...
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 Publishers Weekly Jay McInerney: N.Y. Confidential.(novelist)(Interview)
09/14/1998: 2,072 words, approx. 7 pages McInerney, now age 43, is frank and apologetic for his youthful reputation as a major New York high-society playboy. His bibliography and erratic personal life are reviewed. He also comments on his new collection of stories, 'Modern Behavior'. Stein is a frequent contributor... summary from source:
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 The New York Observer Hobbled Jay McInerney Turns Out for Townhouse Showing
6/8/2007: 291 words, approx. 1 pages"Welcome to our home," a woman joked as partygoers sauntered around the 4,000-square-foot property. Four floors above the midtown after-work happy hour scene, brokers and media types munched on figs with blue cheese and downed wine as they waited for the evening's main attraction, gad-about-town... summary from source:
The New York Observer Lost Jay McInerney Story to be Published on Fiction Web Site
10/15/2007: 316 words, approx. 1 pagesA long-lost short story by Jay McInerney, stolen from the author’s apartment about twenty years ago and recently returned, will be published next week on the Web site FiveChapters.com. The story, entitled "If Wishes Were Porsches," will be serialized over the course of the work...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Jefferson Faye
6,976 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Faye examines the themes of "cultural disaffection," alienation, and expatriation in Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, and Story of My Life. According to Faye, "Each novel may be considered a bildungsroman whose action revolves around a familial betrayal as it drives the main character to reject not only relatives, but self."
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Critical Review by Thomas R. Edwards
3,238 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following review, Edwards discusses Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, and Story of My Life, and finds fault with McInerney's "bad writing" and lack of social and historical understanding in The Last of the Savages.
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Critical Review by Geoff Dyer
1,439 words, approx. 5 pages
In the following review, Dyer cites shortcomings in The Last of the Savages. According to Dyer, "We are left with the statement of great purpose rather than its achieved substance and form."
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