Books with title Bright Lights, Big City

With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. 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. With nothing but goodwill, controlled substances, and wit to sustain him in this anti-quest, he runs until he reaches his reckoning point, where he is forced to acknowledge loss and, possibly, to rediscover his better instincts. This remarkable novel of youth and New York remains one of the most beloved, imitated, and iconic novels in America.

With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. 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. With nothing but goodwill, controlled substances, and wit to sustain him in this anti-quest, he runs until he reaches his reckoning point, where he is forced to acknowledge loss and, possibly, to rediscover his better instincts. This remarkable novel of youth and New York remains one of the most beloved, imitated, and iconic novels in America.

Private Investigator Ryan Kyd finds himself alone in London on New Year’s Eve when he receives a phone call from Jason Mulwhinney, a successful playwright, with a case for him to investigate. Mulwhinney wants Kyd to go to New York to retrieve the stolen manuscript for a play he has written, which he believes has been taken by Jezebel, his ex-girlfriend.But when Kyd hunts Jezebel down, she claims the manuscript was actually written by her.Suddenly everyone seems to want to get their hands on the play ....and Kyd doesn’t know who to trust.Things take a dramatic turn for the worse when Kyd walks in on Mulwhinney’s latest girlfriend, Carmelita, standing over Jezebel’s dead body.And before he knows what’s happened he has been implicated in the murder.Why is the manuscript worth killing for?And if Jezebel didn’t have it, then who does?As the suspect list lengthens, everyone seems to have an alibi.Can Kyd get to the bottom of the mystery before someone else gets hurt?Bright Lights, Big City is a gripping crime thriller featuring the private investigator Ryan Kyd. It is the follow-up to the best-selling Business Is Murder, Hand of Darkness, Dead of Winter and Below Zero. Praise for Roger Hurn’s books 'A gripping crime thriller set in the heart of modern London.' - Tom Kasey, author of Trade Off. 'An accomplished and entertaining slice of London noir.' - Robert Foster, author of The Lunar Code.'Ryan Kyd is becoming an addiction' - Jane Harvey-Berrick, author of The New Samurai. Roger Hurn has had over 70 books published. In his spare time Roger plays seven-a-side football and, to the horror of music lovers everywhere, guitar in a rock band.

A unique board book with bright, fluorescent images of city sights!It's time to visit the city! There are all types fluorescent city sights featured in this book, including towering skyscrapers, big freeways, neon lights, huge bridges, beautiful parks, and much more! The scenes are accompanied by simple, descriptive phrases on each page. With bright, fluorescent colors, this book is sure to catch children's and parents' eyes!

Whiskers goes viral in this fourth zany novel in a chapter book series where the fur—and fun—flies at an animal spa and hotel.The Animal Inn is an all-inclusive pet resort/hotel/center/spa for animals from dogs to rabbits, cats to ducks, parrots to lizards. From doggie and kitty daycare, to grooming, and group play—you name it, and the Animal Inn has it. The Inn is run by the Tyler family along with their pets Leopold, the Macaw; Fuzzy and Furry, the gerbils; dogs Dash and Coco; felines Shadow and Whiskers; and a rollicking horde of animal visitors. When Whiskers becomes an unexpected internet star after a hilarious post becomes an online sensation, Whiskers and the Tylers are invited to NYC for a morning TV show interview. The Tylers rent an RV and take the whole family for the fur-tastic experience. Even though Whiskers is a bit full of himself with his newly found internet fame, he’s also super nervous! Will his fame translate to the TV screen—or is he destined to stay a meme forever?

The story's narrator is a writer who works as a fact checker for a high-brow magazine—likely based on Harpers or The New Yorker, where McInerney himself once worked as a fact checker—for which he had once hoped to write. By night, he is a cocaine-using party-goer seeking to lose himself in the hedonism of the 1980s yuppie party scene, often going to a nightclub called Heartbreak.[2] His wife, Amanda, recently left him, and he copes with this by pretending nothing happened and telling no one that she's gone. The two had met in Oklahoma; the narrator moves with her to New York City, where she begins a modeling career that quickly takes off. After flying out to Paris for Fashion Week, she calls the narrator to inform him that she is leaving him for another man and to pursue her career. Initially hopeful that she will return someday, the narrator eventually resorts to searching for her at a fashion event, publicly humiliating himself while failing to garner more attention from her than a brief look. He obsesses over every item she owned in his apartment, every modeling photo and every club she visited, even repeatedly visiting a mannequin based on her. His partying and his personal troubles begin to affect his work. He eventually comes to realize Amanda's superficiality, becoming both disillusioned with her and the materialistic culture of New York in general.