Model Behavior

Written by Jay McInerney

Narrated by Richard Cox

Connor McKnight, former acolyte of film, Zen, and Japanese literature, is not unaware that these avocations are wildly different from his present occupation as a fledgling celebrity journalist. Meanwhile, his longtime girlfriend, the fashion model Philomena, seems curiously remote and soon decamps for the West Coast. Then there's the sister with whom he shared a flamboyantly addled childhood and his best friend, a monkishly neurotic and militantly vegetarian writer. Connor' s anxieties can scarcely be assuaged by his trio of flirting obsessions— a gorgeous stripper, a screenplay in progress, and the nature of a meaningful future. With the holidays fast approaching— and a female admirer stalking him by email— Connor gropes his hapless, hilarious way toward not so much salvation as self-preservation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Phoenix Books, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 1, 1998
• ISBN: 9781607475651

Jay McInerney

Jay McInerney is an American novelist, screenwriter and wine critic. His novels include Bright Lights, Big City, Ransom, Story of My Life, Brightness Falls and The Last of the Savages.