Spectator Reviews McInerney's Farewell — A Masthead Saying Goodbye to Its Own Relevance

Spectator Australia · Olivia Cole · Monday 27 April 2026

Spectator Reviews McInerney's Farewell — A Masthead Saying Goodbye to Its Own Relevance

Olivia Cole reviews Jay McInerney's See You on the Other Side, a coda to characters whose glory days ended decades ago.

Spectator's running a McInerney book review now — the literary equivalent of finding a Bret Easton Ellis paperback at a garage sale and calling it a cultural moment. The Calloways had their glory days in the 80s, which is also when this masthead last had an idea.

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