Jay McInerney, author portrait
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Jay McInerney

Jay McInerney is the author of eight novels, two collections of short stories, and three collections of essays on wine. His latest book, Bright, Precious Days, was published in 2016. He lives in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York. 
Bright, Precious Days
In the North-West Frontier Province
Smoke
The Juice
How It Ended
A Hedonist in the Cellar
The Good Life
Bacchus and Me
Model Behavior
The Last of the Savages
Brightness Falls
Ransom
Bright Lights, Big City

Books

Bright, Precious Days
In the North-West Frontier Province
Smoke
The Juice
How It Ended
A Hedonist in the Cellar
The Good Life
Bacchus and Me
Model Behavior
The Last of the Savages
Brightness Falls
Ransom
Bright Lights, Big City

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