Brightness Falls

By: Jay McInerney

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Combining the lyrical observation of F. Scott Fitzgerald with the laser-bright social satire of Evelyn Waugh, Jay McInerney gives us a novel that is stunningly accomplished and profoundly affecting.

As he maps the fault lines spreading through the once-impenetrable marriage of Russell and Corrine Calloway and chronicles Russell's wildly ambitious scheme to seize control of the publishing house at which he works, Jay McInerney creates an elegy for New York in the 1980s. From the literary chimeras and corporate raiders to those dispossessed by the pandemonium of money and power, Brightness Falls captures a rash era at its moment of reckoning and gives reality back to a time that now seems decidedly unreal.

Interesting Insight Into Relationships

The story is intriguing, moving at a fast pace around a couple and their friends. The writing was right, other than the overuse of words like “sepulchral.” The characters were well drawn but exaggerated to make a point.

Don’t miss this.

Incredibly sharp writing and a spellbinding performance—the 80s setting and characters are utterly alive with details finely observed. This is top tier stuff.

Not Bright Lights but still legit

A very solid book by Jay Mac. Shows his strength and growth as a writer from his brat pack days to Brightness Falls. A simple story of a yuppie couple that holds up all these years later. Good work

Absolutely floored!

Chapeau to messieurs McInerney & Ballerini for an amazing plot, characters and delivery. Can't wait for my next Audible credit to see what happens next to Corinne, Russ & comapny.

Boring

Pettyfogging minutiae. Could not get through it. Put me to sleep.
Don’t waste a credit on this one.