His '80s novels include "Bright Lights, Big City" & "Ransom"
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Ransom by Jay McInerney  Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists  Since Christopher Ransom has been living in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, he has ... In the 80s, everything Japanese was cooler, and there were lots of books about ...... His novels include Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, Story of My Life,...
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Printing - Jay McInerney - Interview Magazine  McInerney's characters are now treated to backdrops that include a rich ... His novel from the '80s has gained a cult status among young readers. ... And I'm not sure that a lot of people reading Bright Lights, Big City would say, ... Big City famously had the Odeon on the front; your follow-up, Ransom, had a luminous crane.
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Bright Lights, Big City by Jay Mcinerney, http://www.amazon.com/dp ...  picked this up and finished it last night. late 80s party girl in manhattan. couldn't put it ..... His novels include Bright Lights, Big City; Ransom; Story of My Life;...
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Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney  Reviews, Discussion ...  With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary .... Not nearly the hype of th Did you read JM's 2nd novel - Ransom? .... McInerney is a part of the "literary brat pack," so his work is lumped in along with ..... This novel offers some sort of limelight in the city of New York back in the '80s.
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Jay McInerney | Literary Kicks  But we don't hold this against him, because "Bright Lights, Big City" was actually ... after which he slam-dunked a book contract and a ton of publicity for his first novel. ... "Ransom" came first, a poignant Japan-themed coming of age thing, and "Story ... marriage) tells me that McInerney is the 80s version of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Ranking Joseph Heller's Novels | Ranks For Nothing  Apr 9, 2011 ... Twelve years later, I've finished reading all seven of his novels. ... classic Catch-22 and finishing with 2000's posthumously published ... God Knows (1984) ... stories from the Old Testament, narrated by King David himself in a crass and ... this to be Heller's best book, and esteemed author Kurt Vonnegut is...
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City Lights Books  City Lights is a landmark independent bookstore and publisher that specializes in world ... City Lights is proud to join forces with the San Francisco Public Library and A.C.T. to bring this ... Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into ... devorah major.
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Modernism - Post Modernism - SlideBoom  James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish novelist, short story novelist, poet and ... In the early draft of A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, entitled Stephen Hero ... Raymond Carver, Castaneda, Joseph Heller(Catch 22), Kurt Vonnegut (new ... Post Modernism Louis de Bernires, lives in Norfolk, published his first novel in...
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Alvin Toffler, author of 1970 bestseller 'Future Shock,' dies at 87 - LA ...  Jun 29, 2016 ... Alvin Toffler, author of the influential 1970 futurist bestseller Future Shock, died Monday in his sleep at his home in Bel-Air, according to...
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City Lights Bookstore - Wikipedia  City Lights is an independent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California, ... It was founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin (who left two years later). .... City Lights Journal published poems of the Indian Hungry generation writers when the group faced police case in Kolkata.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Poetry Foundation  His City Lights bookstore provided a gathering place for the fertile talents of the ... In 1953 he joined with Peter D. Martin to publish a magazine, City Lights. ... We were filling a big need, Ferlinghetti told the New York Times Book Review. ... The first edition of Howl and Other Poems appeared in 1956 and sold out quickly.
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Bookstore Tour - City Lights Books  If any city in American deserves the title of home of the Beat Generation, it is San ... In the 1950s San Francisco was a magnet attracting inventive writers, artists and ... It was founded in 1953, the first all-paperback bookstore in the U.S., stocking ... In 1956, City Lights published Allen Ginsberg's seminal poem "Howl" and...
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Bookstore Tour - City Lights Books  In the 1950s San Francisco was a magnet attracting inventive writers, artists and thinkers ... In 1956, City Lights published Allen Ginsberg's seminal poem "Howl" and ... A lot of cultural history happened within these four walls (one should say...
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'Prankster,' novelist dies at 66 / LJWorld.com  Nov 11, 2001 ... Wolfe's book told the story of Kesey and his friends a loose-knit ... of the Pranksters' bus trips, said Kesey "was writing a story in real time, ... Kesey had published a successful first novel that helped define the decade's rebellious mood. ... And he worked as a night attendant in the hospital's mental ward,...
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Bright Lights, Big City (novel) - Wikipedia  Bright Lights, Big City is an American novel by Jay McInerney, published by Vintage Books on August 12, 1984. It is written about a character's time spent caught up in, and notably escaping from, the mid-1980s New York City fast lane. The novel got its title from the Jimmy Reed song of the same name. ... The story's narrator is a 24-year-old writer who works as a fact checker for a...
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Too Much Horror Fiction: Peter Benchley Paperbacks: The Legacy of ...  Jun 18, 2010 ... Jaws 2 by Hank Searls (1978): The Haunting of Amity Island ... Labels: '70s, bantam books, bestsellers, jaws, novel, peter benchley, ... actually wrote a good book and it's out of print because it's Not Jaws. ... but you also have to give Benchley credit for coming up with the ... Follow toomuchhorror on Twitter...
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Hardboiled Web Design by Andy Clarke  The Long Goodbye. The Long Good-bye is a 1953 novel ... Farewell, My Lovely is a 1940 novel by Raymond Chandler, the second novel he wrote featuring Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe. It was adapted for the screen ... Have something on your mind or just want to say hello, drop me a dime. Design: Andy Clarke.
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The Big Sleep - Wikipedia  The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. ... Private investigator Philip Marlowe is called to the home of the wealthy and elderly General Sternwood, in the month of...
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Perchance to Dream: Robert B Parker, Elliot Gould: 9781597770255 ...  Parker, author of the Spenser novels, has made this "sequel to Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep " a stunning, drop-dead success. Private eye Philip Marlowe...
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Bestselling Books of the '80s - The Eighties Club  Bestselling Books of the '80s. (Based on the Publisher's Weekly bestseller list). 1980. fiction ... 1981. fiction. 1. Noble House, James Clavell. 2. The Hotel New Hampshire, John Irving. 3. Cujo ... Richard Simmons' Never-Say-Diet Book. 4. .... His Way...Frank Sinatra, Kitty Kelley. 4. The Rotation Diet, Martin Katahn. 5. You're...
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Book Reviews: Michael Chabon's Moonglow - Pittsburgh Magazine  3 days ago ... Michael Chabon made a big splash in the literary world with his first two novels The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys, both of ... When he published his debut in the midst of the Reagan/Bush 1980s, the steel industry had ... with young characters who understood the city as a magical Oz. Chabon...