Model Behavior: A Novel and Stories
Author: Jay McInerney
Readers familiar with Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights Big City may feel a sense of déjà vu when reading Model Behavior. Once again our hero is a small cog in the glamorous Manhattan media machine. Yet although the players may look the same, the rules of the game have changed–their ambitions and expectations are not the same as they were a decade or more ago. Connor McKnight….Read More
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