{"product_id":"see-you-on-the-other-side-9781037200762","title":"See You on the Other Side","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis fourth and final instalment in McInerney’s Calloway series offers a poignant conclusion to Russell and Corrine’s story as they confront aging, dwindling cultural influence and the gathering storm of a pandemic in a New York on the cusp of irrevocable change.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Shows McInerney at his best' \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Our modern-day Fitzgerald' \u003ci\u003eVANITY FAIR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most gifted writers of his generation' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe eagerly anticipated final volume of Jay McInerney’s stunningly accomplished and profoundly affecting fictional tetralogy: \u003ci\u003eBrightness Falls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBright Precious Days\u003c\/i\u003e, and now \u003ci\u003eSee You on the Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's early 2020 in New York, and the looming threat of a global pandemic begins to unsettle the gilded lives of Manhattan’s literary and social elite. Now in their sixties, Russell and Corrine Calloway are navigating a new chapter: downsizing from their Harlem brownstone to a penthouse in the Village, grieving the death of Corrine’s mother, and all the while facing the encroaching anxieties of aging, memory, and cultural obsolescence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir daughter, Storey, prepares to launch her dream restaurant in Brooklyn just as fear begins to empty dining rooms and the city starts to shut down. Meanwhile, as the world tilts towards crisis, Russell is pulled between domestic stability and the temptation of an affair with a younger writer – an emotional turmoil which reignites complicated questions about fidelity and the alternate paths their lives might have taken. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with McInerney’s signature wit and elegiac prose, \u003ci\u003eSee You on the Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling finale to the bestselling Calloway series, capturing the disorientation of a couple forced to confront their own mortality amidst shifting cultural tides and the slow unravelling of the world they once knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781037200762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Hardie Grant Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.2(H)x15.2(L)x0.6(W)370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 370\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay McInerney \u003c\/b\u003ecame to prominence in 1984 with his first novel \u003ci\u003eBright Lights, Big City\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of seven further novels: \u003ci\u003eRansom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStory of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrightness Falls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Savages\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModel Behaviour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Bright, Precious Days\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of short stories, and three collections of essays on wine, one of which was the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eA Hedonist in the Cellar\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes a wine column for \u003ci\u003eTown and Country\u003c\/i\u003e and is a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eAs the curtain closes on the Calloways' fraught love story, faithful readers will feel sad but satisfied. The \u003cb\u003ereliable pleasures of McInerney's writing\u003c\/b\u003e make even this darkest chapter a fun read * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eSince Brightness Falls, we have followed the Calloways in two other novels set at crisis points in their marriage, but this one has \u003cb\u003ean emotional depth that shows McInerney at his best \u003c\/b\u003e * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eThe tetralogy that began with 1992’s acclaimed Brightness Falls comes to a close with this volume, in which sixty-somethings Russell and Corrinne Calloway attend parties in early 2020 as the global pandemic encroaches. . . . McInerney’s \u003cb\u003ealways-sharp insights\u003c\/b\u003e on social strata and human nature guarantee that in the midst of sadness we are also entertained * Los Angeles TImes *","brand":"Jay McInerney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49041636065497,"sku":"9781037200762","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781037200762.jpg?v=1785936984","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/see-you-on-the-other-side-9781037200762","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}