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Jay McInerney
(b.1955)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.
Genres: Literary Fiction
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Novels
Bright Lights, Big City (1984)
Ransom (1985)
Story of My Life (1988)
The Last of the Savages (1996)
Model Behaviour (1998)
Bright, Precious Days (2016)
See You on the Other Side (2026)
Ransom (1985)
Story of My Life (1988)
The Last of the Savages (1996)
Model Behaviour (1998)
Bright, Precious Days (2016)
See You on the Other Side (2026)
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Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Non fiction show
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Books containing stories by Jay McInerney
The Best American Mystery Stories: 1998 (1998)
(Best American Mystery Stories)
edited by
Sue Grafton and Otto Penzler
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Set for Life (2024)
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Black Bottom Saints (2020)
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