In this attempt to breathe new life into his old characters,Jay McInerney confirms that his best work is behind himThe apt Life, Jay McInerney’s 2006 novel, or was perhaps the most underwhelming of a raft of feeble fictional responses to 9/11 by American literary grandees – DeLillo’s Falling Man,Updike’s Terrorist and Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge were nearly as evil. The book sold poorly and was savaged by critics, and it therefore seems rather strange that McInerney should feel the need to wheel its characters out for yet another pseudo-satirical state-of-the-nation exercise, and this time set in the years main up to the 2008 financial crash.
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Source: theguardian.com