![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He slowly makes his way back to his apartment in Lower Manhattan, where he catches the scent of freshly baking bread-a smell that reminds him of a happy time during his marriage with his estranged wife, Amanda White. At dawn, the narrator leaves the nightclub and takes a lonely walk toward the Hudson River. His friend, Tad Allagash, led him here and then disappeared. The unnamed narrator of the novel finds himself at yet another night club on yet another late night, talking to yet another young woman whom he doesn’t want to talk to. ![]() In 2006, Time magazine cited Bright Lights, Big City as one of nine generation-defining novels published in the 20th century. McInerney went on to write nearly a dozen additional works, including two books on wine-none, however, matched the success of his debut novel. It was published in the journal’s Winter 1982 issue. Do You Know Where You Are?” to The Paris Review. Before publishing his bestselling novel, McInerney sold its first chapter, “It’s Six A.M. Bright Lights, Big City was adapted into a film starring 1980s television star Michael J. ![]()
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