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"Jay McInerney takes us on a limo ride through love, lust, and high living in Manhattan through the voice of a typical party girl. It is a hilarious yet touching satire of the post-modern female growing up way too fast in a disaffected world."
Brendan Xavier Darcy, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- abortion
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story:
- college
Loving/sexing?
- guy chasing
Druggie/Wino problems?
- alcohol
- drugs
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- deluded
- wild
- emotionally unstable
- dumb
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- wealthy
- rude people
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- licking
- use of artificial tools
- orgies
- impregnation/reproduction
- lesbians!
- actual description of hetero sex
- descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
- descript. of female anat. (the big V)
- descript. of nude males (the big P)
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
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