After the novels publication, he started collecting wine. Mcinerney gathered together some of his greatest hits in a wryly entertaining book. Jay mcinerney writing and wine jay mcinerney new book. Jul 12, 2016 how jay mcinerney combined his love of writing and wine. A literary anthology of wine writing, edited by jay mcinerney i read so many books about wine, but few id call literary. Y ou could say that author jay mcinerney s success with bright lights, big city in 1984 helped pave the way for his wine obsession. His other novels include bright lights, big city, model behavior and the good.
Jay mcinerney lives in manhattan and bridgehampton, new york. As a masters student, mcinerney worked for minimum wage at syracuses westcott cordial shop, where half the business was in lowend fortified wine, night train and its ilk. Advertisement continue reading below more from drinks. Jay mcinerney is a novelist whose work includes bright lights, big city. His short story collection how it ended was named one of the 10 best books of the year by the new york times. My careers as a novelist and as a wine writer could both plausibly be said to have had had their humble beginnings in the westcott cordial shop in syracuse. Essential new york novels jay mcinerney on five books. An oenophile, he has also written three books on wine, and writes regularly about wine for the wall street journal. The financial timess wine critic and daily writer on, jancis robinson, picks the best books on wine. Jay mcinerney has learned everything he knows about wine from the masters hemingway and kerouac put him on the road to dionysian excess, then carver sobered him up. The book opens with taste, a 1951 short story by roald dahl about a bet to guess the identity and origin of a glass of wine.
Mcinerneys first column will appear in the junejuly issue, on newsstands nationwide may 20, 2014. In 2006, time cited his 1984 debut, bright lights, big city, as one of nine generationdefining novels of the twentieth century. He edited the penguin book of new american voices, wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of bright lights, big city, and cowrote the screenplay for the television film gia, which starred angelina jolie. Nonetheless, mcinerney displays a keen, welltrained literary eye.
This author has written other books about wine, one i liked was bacchus and me. Jay mcinerney writing and wine jay mcinerney new book bright. Last week we offered you a guide to books about new york and you had a lot more. Mcinerney is, famously, a wine collector himself and his. With wine reads, jay mcinerney has skillfully brought together selections from some of the finest pieces of wine writing, both fiction and nonfiction, many of which ive never even heard of. Jay mcinerney on his love of wine books the guardian. Good wine and fax machines brought jay mcinerney and. Jay mcinerneys bright, precious days the new yorker. In 2006, time cited bright lights, big city as one of nine generationdefining novels of the twentieth century, and. Oct 03, 2012 jay mcinerney what the hell happened to jay mcinerney. Jay mcinerney books list of books by author jay mcinerney. Jay mcinerney, the bestselling author of the 1980s classic bright lights, big city, also harbors a passion for wine. Writers have a famous fondness for drink, but few write about drink itself.
His latest book, bright, precious days, was published in 2016. Aug 10, 2011 with the publication of bright lights, big city in 1984, jay mcinerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. Adventures in the wine cellar by jay mcinerney and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In this richly literary anthology, jay mcinerneybestselling novelist a. Below are jay mcinerneys favorite books, available to purchase as a set or individually. Jay mcinerney, the author of seven novels, including bright. Reading about wine may not be quite as fun as drinking it, but can help open up a world of history, geography, science and culture. Books like this let me live vicariously with the details about good food and wine. His short fiction has appeared in the new yorker, esquire, playboy and granta.
But in some sense at least, books about wine just like books about gardening or cooking never age out. The author of bright lights, big city, jay mcinerney, tells us what changed after 911 and which books best capture the ambition, romance and creativity of new york. His short story collection, how it ended, was named one of the 10 best books of 2009 bythe new york times. You can only blow up your life so many times before it becomes ridiculous. His casual and witty approach to wine tasting and wine making makes him an entertaining and enthusiastic lecturer on the subject.
In a hedonist in the cellar, jay mcinerney gathers more than five years worth of essays and continues his exploration of whats new, whats enduring, and whats surprisinggiving his palate a complete workout and the reader an indispensable, idiosyncratic guide to a world of almost infinite variety. 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. Jay mcinerney is the author of eight novels, two collections of short stories, and three collections of essays on wine. Those who find most wine writing hopelessly recondite will eagerly quaff novelist jay mcinerney s a hedonist in the cellar, a collection of his essays originally.
The bestselling novelist has turned his command of language and flair for metaphor on the world of wine, providing this sublime collection of untraditional musings on wine and wine culture that is as fit for someone looking for a nice chardonnay as it is for the oenophile. She was overjoyed to find a book this bookman had not read, and one so appropriate to my newest passion in life, wine. In a hedonist in the cellar, jay mcinerney gathers more than five years worth of essays and continues his exploration of whats new. Jay mcinerney penguin random house speakers bureau. Oct 20, 2006 jay mcinerney has learned everything he knows about wine from the masters hemingway and kerouac put him on the road to dionysian excess, then carver sobered him up. Jay mcinerney has logged enough hours in wine cellars to claim genuine expertise, and he has an able palate. Jay mcinerney s a hedonist in the wine cellar, the second collection of his wine columns from house and garden, is like a snapshot album of wine experiences, featuring a mix of bigname winemakers, exotic locales and big bosomy wines. Jay mcinerney has learned everything he knows about wine from the masters hemingway and kerouac put him on the road to dionysian.
His other novels include bright lights, big city, model behaviour and the good life, which received the grand prix litteraire. How jay mcinerney combined his love of writing and wine. Novelist, screenwriter, and wine connoisseur mcinerney bright, precious days, 2016, etc. Aug 01, 2016 theres a moment in jay mcinerneys new novel, bright, precious days knopf, when one of its principals, a book editor in his early fifties, comes to feel that he is a failure. I can take her to dinner at minetta and we can legally split a bottle of wine. In this anthology, he selects mostly traditional selections, with a few surprises. Jay mcinerney, author of bright lights, big city and the recent bright, precious days, was a novelist for 12 years before he started writing about wine. A literary anthology of wine writing by jay mcinerney. His novels include bright lights, big city, ransom, story of my life, brightness falls, and the last of the savages. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that.
Unlike many of the wines he describes, hes good to go. From april 2010 he was a wine columnist for the wall street journal. Assoulines the wine questionnaire by jay mcinerney the wine questionnaire follows in the spirit of the popular proust questionnaire and fashion questionnaire, using the format of prousts handy interview helperhere reworked by jay mcinerneyto ask everything about wine, from your favorite region to your choice food pairings. The best books on wine five books expert recommendations. Those who find most wine writing hopelessly recondite will eagerly quaff novelist jay mcinerneys a hedonist in the cellar, a collection of his essays originally. Drawn from novels, memoirs, short fiction, and narrative nonfiction by literary and wine industry stars alike. Sep 05, 2017 jay mcinerney, author of bright lights, big city and the recent bright, precious days, was a novelist for 12 years before he started writing about wine. A hedonist in the cellar by jay mcinerney books the. In 2009, he published a book of short stories which spanned his entire career, titled how it. Jay mcinerney is the author of bright lights, big city. This can be wonderful as he intimately describes journeys to producers, astounding wines tasted in impeccable company, but it can also be tedious as germany is dismissed as a country with confusing wine labels.
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