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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Kunzelman | Jun 25, 2009 |   Have you ever wondered what a person thinks as their life spirals out of control? Then read this book. If not, it’s very middle of the road. I had to finish the book though. I’m bemused too much by train wreck personalities. (full review at my blog) (  )KingRat | Jan 22, 2009 | Alison Poole is a party girl come wannabe actress in New York. She's a cynic who's in touch with her inner child. She's got crazy friends and a dysfunctional family. This is her story. McInerney achieves a power and a true voice and sustains it. Cutting insights and a deliriously good read. (  )skullstuffing | Sep 28, 2008 | Wanna know the three biggest lies in the world? (  )mehoex | May 21, 2007 | My English professor once offered this as an example of a guy trying and not really succeeding at a woman's voice, but I begged to differ. This is a hilarious yet tragic book and I loved the voice. ( )jedisluzer | Mar 19, 2006 | 0.042 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0679722572, Paperback)In his breathlessly paced new novel Jay McInerney revisits the nocturnal New York of Bright Lights, Big City. Alison Poole, twenty going on 40,000, is a budding actress already fatally well versed in hopping the clubs, shopping Chanel falling in and out of, lust, and abusing other people's credit cards. As Alison races toward emotional breakdown, McInerney gives us a hilarious yet oddly touching portrait of a postmodern Holly Golightly coming to terms with a world in which everything is permitted and nothing really matters.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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There is a lot of depth to the text, if you're willing to take it there, but at the same time you can approach it and be as shallow as Alison Poole. I like that a lot, and the idea influenced my reading a lot.
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