Jay McInerney
Part of Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City was published in Granta 11 as a work-in-progress. His other works include Story of My Life (1988), Model Behaviour (1998), The Good Life (2006), and The Last Bachelor (2008), a collection of short stories.
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Fiction | The Online Edition
Jimmy
Jay McInerney
‘Suddenly Jared wondered if he could pick Jimmy out of a police line-up.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
The Business
Jay McInerney
‘So I said to Dalton, “No, no, I meant–what's the secret of a great screenplay?” And he said, “It's very simple, Lex. Three acts–first act, get man up tree, second act, shake a stick at him, third act, get him down from the tree.”’
Fiction | The Online Edition
The Night Shift
Jay McInerney
‘You see yourself as the kind of guy who appreciates a quiet night at home with a good book. A little Mozart on the speakers, a cup of cocoa on the arm of the chair, slippers on the feet.’