How It Ended
New and Collected Stories

In Jay McInerney's world, men are writers with varying degrees of success. They are married to women who are pregnant, which may or may not stall their philandering. The wife typically knows what's up and either ignores it, aborts the child or asks the man to have his fairly healthy cat put to sleep......more

A terrific collection of short stories by a real master of the form. It's a bit of a history lesson/writing lesson - you get to see the stories that would later become Bright Lights Big City and Story Of My Life - but it's also just a lesson in the form. His preface talks about the form of short sto......more

While I've never done bathtubs of cocaine (or any cocaine at all, unfortunately? Fortunately?), or lived in NYC, or been to socialite swank parties, that's okay! I can do all of these things through the magic of Jay McInerney. If asked who my favorite author is, my pat answer has always been Tom Wol......more

How it ended is an interesting collection of stories that contain characters and even situations none of us can relate too. That's what makes this collection so good. It shows us a side of life we'd never experience on our own which proves what a great writer Jay is. You get sucked into each of thes......more

I have enjoyed Jay McInerney's books ever since reading Bright Lights, Big City, but I haven't read any in a while. After finishing this collection of stories, I am tempted to compare him to F. Scott Fitzgerald. I suppose this is because both write about rich people misbehaving in Manhattan. I just......more