";s:4:"text";s:13230:"The Last of the Savages is perhaps something of an anomalyâone of only two of my books set outside of Manhattan. 4 (Autumn 2000) p. 13-44: Abstract: When the Panamanian-registered freighter the Primrose became stranded off the shore of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman archipelago in 1981, its predicament seemed a thing of the 18th century. Buy a cheap copy of The Last of the Savages book by Jay McInerney. In fact I wrote it while I was living part time outside of Nashville, Tennessee. The last in a line of debauched and dysfunctional southerners, Savage displays all the self-assured recklessness of a rich kid who couldn't care less about SATs or fitting in. [Jay McInerney] -- A friendship between two men who met in an elite prep school. One is Patrick Keane, an Irish-Catholic from the working classes eager to adopt the culture of the upper classes. The last of the savages : a novel Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. ARTICLES. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? THE LAST OF THE SAVAGES is an ambitious novel of historical sweep, which ⦠Patrick Keane and Will Savage meet at prep school at the beginning of the explosive '60s. BEA 2016: Brightness Falls in ⦠The Last of the Savages by Jay McInerney (271 pages; Knopf; $24) Jay McInerney is an author who lives up to his hyperbole. EMBED. From the bestselling author of Bright Lights, Big City and Brightness Falls comes a chronicle of a generation, as enacted by two men who represent all the passions... Free Shipping on all orders over $10. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! The Last of the Savageâªs⬠... Will Savage, a quixotic Southern bad boy bewitched by the blues, and Patrick Keane, the more reserved and ambitious narrator, bent on defying his humble origins. This in itself is a rare feat in these days of extreme ``praise inflation. '' The last of the savages : a novel. 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