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Zusatztext 'McInerney's novels! filled with the depiction of glamorous imbecilities and hilarious excesses! are acute about a certain kind of Manhattan amorality. They offer a swift! intelligent guide to the latest racket' Informationen zum Autor Jay McInerney writes a wine column for the Wall Street Journal and is a regular contributor to the Guardian , the New York Times Book Review and Corriere della Sera . He has written seven novels, including Bright Lights, Big City , cited by Time as one of the nine generation-defining novels of the twentieth century, two short story collections and two non-fiction books on wine, one of which was the acclaimed A Hedonist in the Cellar . In 2006, he received the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation. He lives in Manhattan and Bridgehampton, New York. Klappentext _______________ 'Line for line, it's one of the funniest novels I have ever read' - John Sutherland, London Review of Books ' Story of My Life is quite as brilliant as Bright Lights, Big City ' - Sunday Times 'McInerney has proven himself not only a brilliant stylist but a master of characterisation, with a keen eye for the incongruities of urban life' - New York Times Book Review _______________ It is party time in eighties Manhattan. Smart, sassy and cynical, Alison lives for the moment. Her life is a carnival of gossip and midnight sessions of Truth or Dare, and her cocaine-bashing friends and flirting flatmates all crave satiation. Young and beautiful, hip and indulgent, sex-crazed and alcohol-fuelled, Alison can neither pay her fees for drama school nor track down her indifferent father. She juggles rent money with abortion fees, lingering lovers with current conquests and is the despair of her gynaecologist. She's fallen deeply in lust with Dean, although that nasty present Skip Pendleton left her with hasn't yet cleared up. Story of her life, right? But in a world of no consequences, Alison is heading for a meltdown. _______________ 'McInerney's novels, filled with the depiction of glamorous imbecilities and hilarious excesses, are acute about a certain kind of Manhattan amorality. They offer a swift, intelligent guide to the latest racket' - Observer Zusammenfassung Smart, sassy and cynical, Alison lives for the moment. Young and beautiful, hip and indulgent, sex-crazed and alcohol-fuelled, she can neither pay her fees for drama school nor track down her indifferent father. She juggles rent money with abortion fees, lingering lovers and is the despair of her gynaecologist. She's heading for a meltdown....
