by Jay McInerney · Bompiani · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845240355
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«Professione: modella» is the contemporary novel by Jay McInerney, published by Bompiani in paperback (183 pages, in Italian).
Connor McKnight, a 32-year-old journalist, writes about celebrities for a women's magazine in late-1990s New York. Around Connor are an anorexic sister, a friend publishing a controversial collection of stories, and a partner, Philomena, a model he fears losing. It is a satirical look at fame and fashion culture.
The original title is 'Model Behaviour'; the original work was published in 1998 and the Italian translation is by Sergio Claudio Perroni.
For readers of contemporary fiction who appreciate social satires set in 1990s New York.
John Barrett "Jay" McInerney Jr. is an American novelist, screenwriter, editor, and columnist. His novels include Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls, and The Last of the Savages. He edited The Penguin Book of New American Voices, wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of Bright Lights, Big City, and co-wrote the screenplay for the television film Gia, which starred Angelina Jolie. He was the wine columnist for House & Garden magazine, and his essays on wine have been collected in Bacchus & Me (2000) and A Hedonist in the Cellar (2006). His most recent novel is titled See You on the Other Side, published in 2026. From April 2010 he was a wine columnist for The Wall Street Journal. In 2009, he published a book of short stories that spanned his entire career, titled How It Ended, which was named one of the 10 best books of the year by Janet Maslin of The New York Times.
