by Jay McInerney · Knopf · tapa dura · ISBN 9780375411403
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«The Good Life» is the literary novel by Jay McInerney, published by Knopf in hardcover (368 pages, in English).
Set in post-9/11 New York, the novel follows Corrine and Russell Calloway, a TriBeCa couple trying to rebuild their marriage, and Luke McGavock, a wealthy former banker seeking new meaning. Their paths cross in the devastated zone, surfacing secrets and questions about love and happiness.
Second installment of The Calloway trilogy, sequel to «Brightness Falls».
For readers of contemporary fiction and character-driven stories interested in New York of the era and tales of loss, partnership, and redemption.
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.
