Bright Lights, Big City (novel)

Bright Lights, Big City

First edition cover
Author	Jay McInerney
Language	English
Publisher	Vintage Books
Publication date	August 12, 1984
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)

Bright Lights, Big City is a novel by American author Jay McInerney, published by Vintage Books on August 12, 1984. It is written about a character's time spent caught up in, and notably escaping from, the early 1980s New York City fast lane. The novel is written in the second person, an unusual narrative method in English language fiction.