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By Drew Grant 3/15 4:06pm

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Jay McInerney at Observer's 25th Anniversary party. (PMc)

Jay McInerney Is Not Writing a Book About The Great Gatsby, Except in the Way We All Are

“I don’t know where you got that idea,” Jay McInerney scoffed at The New York Observer at our 25th Anniversary Party last night at the Four Seasons. “I am not writing a book about The Great Gatsby.” We were baffled; we were sure that we had heard that the Bright Lights, Big City author was busy creating a modern adaptation of the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, set in the Hamptons.

“Are you sure?” We prodded. Read More

By Drew Grant 5/18/12 3:12pm

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Jay McInerney, Rielle Hunter (Patrick McMullan)

Jay McInerney’s Schrödinger’s Cat Explanation for Bret Easton Ellis, Rielle Hunter ‘Almost’ Threesome

“Bret is such a liar!” Jay McInerney said fondly of his old friend. It was Wednesday night, and we were chatting across the table during a dinner the author had co-hosted with Janna Bullock. Mr. McInerney was referring to our query about the infamous tweet of his friend Bret Easton Ellis, who had implied they the two literary brat packers had once ‘almost’ had a threesome with John Edwards’ mistress, Rielle Hunter. Read More