Bright Lights, Big City

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• The Fast Lane

  Holden Caulfield’s progeny are everywhere in American fiction—the smart-ass naif doing a tour of duty in the wrong place with a bad crowd, the misfit born on the inside yet an outsider by temperament, AWOL, at least for a while, from school, family, ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Sat, 21 Aug 2010

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  " the problem is, for some reason you think you are going to meet the kind of girl who is not the kind of girl who would be at a place like this at this time in the morning. "

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  kovalski said on Jan 3, 2012 | Add your feedback

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  what a pity

  the finale did not convince me as much as the book, which is pretty brilliant. The story of the mother's death, what for? As an explanation for the protagonist's loose life? The crazy wife was enough I think...

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  Sara said on Nov 21, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  The 80s spawned plenty of stories about coked-up yuppies with hard partying lifestyles to distract from the emotional ruin of their unfulfilled lives and painful past. This was one of the classics. Maybe it might feel a little dated as a relic of that era, much like the cheesily obviously drum-machi ... (continue)

  The 80s spawned plenty of stories about coked-up yuppies with hard partying lifestyles to distract from the emotional ruin of their unfulfilled lives and painful past. This was one of the classics. Maybe it might feel a little dated as a relic of that era, much like the cheesily obviously drum-machined giant echo snare and overprocessed guitars on alot of records back then. However, I'm willing to bet the morality tale still holds true. Hitting rock-bottom never felt so good.

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  Danelectrico said on Dec 5, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 208 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0394726413
• ISBN-13: 9780394726410
• Publisher: Vintage
• Pub date: Aug 12, 1984
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette and Others
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español, Libri Italiani, Svenska böcker

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