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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. 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.
