McInerney

McInerney
McInerney
 
['mækɪnəːnɪ], Jay, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * Hartford (Conneticut) 13. 1. 1955; gilt als Vertreter der Yuppie-Literatur der 80er-Jahre. In seinen Romanen charakterisiert er die Erfahrungen der jüngeren Berufstätigen im Geschäftsleben New Yorks, ihre freizügigen und indifferenten Vergnügungen. Sein auch verfilmter erster Roman »Bright lights, big city« (1984; deutsch »Ein starker Abgang«) schildert die Startschwierigkeiten eines jungen Schriftstellers.
 
Weitere Werke: Romane: Ransom (1985; deutsch Einhandklatschen in Kioto); Story of my life (1988; deutsch Ich nun wieder); Brightness falls (1992; deutsch Alles ist möglich); The last of the savages (1996; deutsch Das Haus Savage).

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