Bright Lights Big City Book Second Person

Bright Lights Big City Book Second Person. “you are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. Much of the narration is lifted directly or adapted from the novel;

With the publication of bright lights, big city in 1984, jay mcinerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. The new york times was not impressed with bright lights, big city when it first appeared in 1984. The novel got its title from the jimmy reed blues song of the same name.

Bright lights, big city went to my baby's head bright lights, big city went to my baby's head i tried to tell her mama, but she wouldn't hear what i said a blues song written in 1961 by jimmy reed;

“you are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. The novel follows a young man, living in manhattan as if he owned it, through nightclubs, fashion shows, editorial offices, and loft parties as he attempts to outstrip mortality and the recurring approach of dawn. I guess you had to be there to appreciate the novel at the time. In bright lights, big city, mcinerney valiantly chose to write the novel from the second person point of view.