Jay McInerney

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Jay McInerney (2010)

John Barrett McInerney Jr. (born January 13, 1955 in Hartford , Connecticut) is an American writer .

Life

McInerney grew up in London , Vancouver , Tokyo and New York City . He is three times divorced and has two children.

The bestselling author McInerney started out as a fact checker at the New Yorker . His debut novel Ein stark Abgang caught the zeitgeist of the 1980s and quickly became a cult book. It was made into a film in 1988 with Michael J. Fox in the lead role.

With Bret Easton Ellis , McInerney formed the most prominent part of the literary Brat Pack in the 80s . In 2005, McInerney made a cameo in Ellis Roman Lunar Park . In 1999 Ellis had a character from McInerney's novel Ich now appear again in his novel Glamorama .

The character of Eli Cash, played by Owen Wilson , in the film The Royal Tenenbaums is loosely based on McInerney.

Trivia

In 2018, McInerney worked as a fortune cookie poet for the Chinese restaurants of the Hakkasan group . With 88 cheeky slogans he shed light on the future of customers in restaurants, including "If you don't succeed straight away, try Botox" and "Your nanny will quit and then work for a family that works on Park Avenue ".

Works

List of novels:

  • 1984: A strong finish (Bright Lights, Big City)
  • 1985: One-handed clapping in Kyoto (ransom)
  • 1988: I now again (Story of My Life)
  • 1992: Anything is Possible (Brightness Falls)
  • 1997: The Last of the Savages
  • 1998: All the rage (Model Behavior)
  • 2001: How It Ended
  • 2002: Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Vine Cellar
  • 2006: The Good Life
  • 2016: Bright, Precious Days

Film adaptations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Jay McInerney. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME McInerney, Jay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McInerney, John Barrett Junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Hartford , Connecticut