The Good Life

ISBN-13: 9781408876961 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 368 str.

Jay McInerney

Opis

_______________ 'A shrewd, acidic portrait of literary life in Manhattan at the turn of this already frightful century' - Guardian 'A beautiful, affecting novel, one of the best yet inspired by 9/11' - Sunday Telegraph 'Engrossing from start to finish, this compassionate novel depicts a very human response to tragedy' - Mail on Sunday _______________ Jay McInerney's classic novel of New York in the shadow of 9/11 tells a story of love, family and conflicting desires Ten years on from Brightness Falls, Russell Calloway is still a literary editor; his wife Corrine has sacrificed her career to watch anxiously over their children. Across town Luke McGavock, a wealthy ex-investment banker, is taking a sabbatical from moneymaking, struggling to reconnect with his socially resplendent wife Sasha and their angst-ridden teenage daughter, Ashley. These two Manhattan families are teetering on the brink of change when 9/11 happens. Through the lens of catastrophe, The Good Life explores that territory between hope and despair, love and loss, regret and fulfilment. This is Jay McInerney doing what he does best, presenting us with life in New York City, in all its moral complexity. _______________

Recenzje

'This story is a simple one, but McInerney delivers it with grace and wit. He does what a good novelist should: he takes an abstract idea and gives it life' Alain de Botton

O autorze

McInerney, JayJay 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.