You are a painfully dated 1984 novel by Jay McInerney. You are about the coke-fuelled nightlife of emotionally dead New York magazine fact checkers.
You inspire an embarrassingly moronic 1988 movie starring Michael J Fox (You can at least be thankful you are not Doc Hollywood).
You are written in the rare and annoying second-person present narrative form.
Fox comes of age in this grim descent into yuppie hell. As a nice country boy hypnotized by the glitter of the Big Apple, he experiences life in the fast lane, sweats bullets, falls in with the cocaine crowd, and almost self-destructs.
While his life falls apart, Kiefer Sutherland, as his coke-sniffing pal, Dianne Wiest, as his dying mother, and Jason Robards, as his pickled boss, all lend excellent support, but it’s a newly matured Mr Fox who makes this movie seem like Oz photographed through the bottom of a double vodka martini.
Jamie Conway
Michael J. Fox Tad Allagash
Kiefer Sutherland Amanda
Phoebe Cates Megan
Swoosie Kurtz Clara Tillinghast
Frances Sternhagen Vicky
Tracy Pollan Mr. Vogel
John Houseman Mother
Dianne Wiest Alex Hardy
Jason Robards Ferret Man
William Hickey Michael
Charlie Schlatter Rittenhouse
David Warrilow Yasu Wade
Alec Mapa Kathy
Gina Belafonte Rich Vanier
Sam Robards Stevie
Bernard Zette Theresa
Jessica Lundy Elaine
Kelly Lynch Barbara
Annabelle Gurwitch Walter Tyler
Russell Horton
Director
James Bridges
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