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6 unusual facts about Jay McInerney


A Distant Episode

Among twentieth century short stories, it has a strong reputation and is a favorite of authors such as Tobias Wolff and Jay McInerney.

Andrea Bempensante

In 2001 he wrote the movie A Farewell to Beat, in which Fernanda Pivano, the most famous Italian translator and critic, meets the greatest living American writers like Bret Easton Ellis, Jay McInerney, Barry Gifford and Lawrence Ferlinghetti to narrate the amazing adventure of the Beat Generation.

Chateau Marmont Hotel

Hunter S. Thompson, Annie Leibovitz, Dorothy Parker, Bruce Weber, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tim Burton, Jay McInerney, Sofia Coppola, among others, all have produced work from within the hotel's walls.

Jay McInerney

Bright Lights, Big City adapted in 1988, screenplay McInerney, directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates

Hotel Room Television series for HBO, created by David Lynch, Jay wrote the second episode 'Getting Rid Of Robert', which was directed by James Signorelli.

McInerney revealed that the character of Alison Poole is based upon his former girlfriend, Rielle Hunter, then known as Lisa Druck.


Swine Not?

Buffett's friend, Helen Bransford, asked him to review her 25-page nonfiction manuscript describing her four years living at New York's Carlyle Hotel with her then-husband Jay McInerney, two children, and pet pig.


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