num_pages: 182
description: The tragicomedy of a young man in NYC, struggling with the reality of his mother's death, alienation and the seductive pull of drugs.
language: English
title: Bright Lights, Big City
titlecomplete: Bright Lights, Big City
characters: Amanda, Tad Allagash, Jamie Conway, Megan
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, New York, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 33044
places: Manhattan, New York City, New York
publisher: Penguin Books