Balling the Jack

"Although he is not the prose stylist Jay McInerney was when he made his debut with 'Bright Lights, Big City,' Baldwin's book does revel in some of the key elements of what became a subgenre of 1980's fiction: a narrator in his 20's with a stifling entry-level job, aimless sexual encounters, prodigious drinking. Baldwin deploys an unusual amount of plot, which occasionally feels d=contrives, and his youthful exuberance is sometimes flat-out silly. Still, the narrator...spins a smart and amusing tale of urban knight-errantry...Baldwin, Frank is the author of 'Balling the Jack' with ISBN 9780684845814 and ISBN 0684845814.