A bGreat Gatsbyb for the end of the century. -- iThe Baltimore Suni brJay McInerney's first novel, bBright Lights, Big Cityb, helped bring about a revolution in contemporary fiction in trade paperback. But more importantly, its publication brought us a major writer of great literary talent and incisive perception. brIn his latest novel, bModel Behaviorb, McInerney offers us the portrait of a doubting devotee of the city where vocation, career, and ambition which only occassionally coincide run head-on with friendship and love--or merely desire. We see Conor McKnight's well-earned ennui fast becoming anxiety as he tries to protect himself from the harrowing fate that unfolds before his bleary eyes. McInerney is at the peak of his craft in what is sure to become a classic at the end of the century. brThis edition contains only the novel bModel Behaviorb, and not the additional seven stories which were published in the original hardcover.