NMLP P-014099 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Bright Lights, Big City

Jay McInerney · Vintage Books / Vintage Contemporaries (New York) · 1984

The paperback original IS the true first edition — there is no preceding hardcover. Published by Vintage Books, August 12, 1984. McInerney's debut, one of the launch titles of Gary Fisketjon's Vintage Contemporaries line.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014099 for "Bright Lights, Big City" by Jay McInerney (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014099, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).