Story of My Life by Jay McInerney
The author of Bright Lights, Big City here zeros in on one section of late-1980s Manhattan culture which is burning itself out even as it ignites. Beautiful, blunt, world-weary and 20, Alison is the reader's guide to the group indulgence and parental indifference that conspire against her. The author captures her plight with humour in this moral tale.