Bright Precious Days

Resumen del libro

'Stylish observation ...Suspenseful and well told' Lionel Shriver, Financial Times It is 2008 and Russell and Corrine Calloway have spent half their lives in the bright lights of New York. Obama and Clinton are fighting for leadership and the collapse of Lehman Brothers looms. Meanwhile, Russell is running his own publishing company, and clinging to their downtown loft; Corrine manages a charity, and is desperate to move somewhere with more space for their twins.

Although they try to forget each other's past indiscretions, when Jeff Pierce's posthumous novel gathers a new cult following, the memory of their friend begins to haunt the couple. Then, with devastating timing, Corrine's former lover makes an unexpected reappearance...

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;b Jay McInerneyx{0026}lt;/b (Hartford, Connecticut, 1955) es un escritor norteamericano. Tras trabajar como x{0026}lt;i fact-checkerx{0026}lt;/i en x{0026}lt;i The New Yorkerx{0026}lt;/i , estudió con Raymond Carver en la Universidad de Siracusa. El éxito de su primera novela, x{0026}lt;i Luces de neónx{0026}lt;/i (1984), lo convirtió en uno de los escritores con más fama y prestigio de su generación. Ha publicado siete novelas más: x{0026}lt;i Ransomx{0026}lt;/i (1985), x{0026}lt;i Story of my Lifex{0026}lt;/i (1988), x{0026}lt;i El último de los Savagesx{0026}lt;/i (1997), x{0026}lt;i Modelo de conductax{0026}lt;/i (1998) y la trilogía sobre el matrimonio Calloway, formada por x{0026}lt;i Al caer la luzx{0026}lt;/i (1992; Libros del Asteroide, 2017), x{0026}lt;i La buena vidax{0026}lt;/i (2006; Libros del Asteroide, 2018) y x{0026}lt;i Días de luz y esplendorx{0026}lt;/i (2016; Libros del Asteroide, 2021). x{0026}lt;/p