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product_id: 4026169
title: "Bright Lights, Big City"
brand: "jay mcinerney"
price: "453 DH"
currency: MAD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 5
url: https://www.desertcart.ma/products/4026169-bright-lights-big-city
store_origin: MA
region: Morocco
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# Bright Lights, Big City

**Brand:** jay mcinerney
**Price:** 453 DH
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Bright Lights, Big City by jay mcinerney
- **How much does it cost?** 453 DH with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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Bright Lights, Big City

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Such a great little book!
*by T***! on July 6, 2018*

I loved this short, intimate and clever book. So interesting and unique. I only read it about six months ago. I’d heard about it for years, but I only just got around to reading it. I enjoyed how short it was, the metaphors he used, the humor, the insights into how shallow people can be, like the wife who dumps him.I also Loved the slow reveal that it was the despair he felt at losing his mother, and how he was hiding out from the world as a result, lost in self-destruction, drug use and despair. The ending was wonderfully present and real to me. The act of smelling bread, the act of eating bread was so life affirming to me, and was a great way to end the book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review - Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
*by G***E on January 1, 2017*

Before I read this book, I expected Jay McInerney to write in a similar way to Bret Easton Ellis, as many critics consider the two authors to be in the same ideological camp. I have only read Ellis’ debut novel Less Than Zero, which I know is not wholly representative of his oeuvre, yet I can draw conclusions about Ellis’ usual themes. I believe Frank Ocean summarized the experience well in the song “Novacane,” his characters have pushed the envelope of experience so far that self-destructive behavior is the only thing that has any power to make them feel emotion.This was not the case in this book, as I found Jay McInerney’s protagonist to be not so far gone. Though he is prone to self-destructive behavior, there is still oftentimes a self-awareness that his frequent cocaine use and late nights are not healthy. I found the second-person point of view to be a little gimmicky, ultimately because I don’t think it added much to the effect of the novel. Had he used the first person I think the book would have read mostly the same. However, I did feel able to identify with the main character, I was also once a white, twenty-four year old male, living in New York City, an aspiring writer, struggling with a job that I had no passion for, and engaging in self-destructive behavior. The novel was very relatable, and McInerney writes about the city in a recognizable way, despite it taking place in the eighties. I recommend this book as a quick, light read!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A tasty slice of the city that never sleeps at a time of its reinvention.
*by E***N on December 25, 2024*

A "classic" tale of a young person coming of age upon moving to New York City at the tail end of the 70's. and getting swept up in the currants of the day. There was plenty of vital energy emerging at the time especially downtown. A very interesting tale told with flair, sure footed writing, from the keen eye of someone who came as an outsider who participated as he observed, and managed to survive it.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Bright Lights, Big City
- Less Than Zero
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