false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167576920m/25074.jpg 25074 13 Worlds collide, relationships fragment and the dark underbelly of the American dream is exposed. A transsexual prostitute accidentally propositions his own father; a senator's serial infidelities leave him in hot water; two young lovers spend Christmas together high on different drugs. McInerney's characters struggle together in a shifting world where old certainties dissolve and nobody can be sure of where they stand. "How it Ended" is a powerful, funny and moving collection by one of the great storytellers of our time. "Metropolitan, middle-class young people grow up to learn that their triumphs will be hollow and their relationships false. McInerney flourishes amid the desolation: a kind of breezy, upbeat tone informs these dry, sardonic meditations on worldliness" - Esquire". 1026599 2000 How It Ended (Bloomsbury Paperbacks) total:106|5:9|4:38|3:41|2:15|1:3| 106 353 256 30 4 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:19:51 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 18:21:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 07:39:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:00:16 -0700 2009 Compared by critics to such literary giants as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, J. D. Salinger, and Graham Greene, McInerney has demonstrated impressive depth and range over the last three decades, and most critics valued How It Ended as a record of McInerney's evolution as a writer. Retaining...

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Too much drug abuse amongst his characters for me to care. 80s decadence makes me barf. yes, generation x, you are all effed up to a degree.

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I really liked the authors previous book Bright Lights Big City and had not had the chance to read many of the authors other short stories that had appeared in the New Yorker as well as other literary publications.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 23 14:51:25 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 14:52:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 08:10:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 08:12:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 12:27:14 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 12:29:29 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:20:04 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 10:27:44 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 13:49:13 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 15:18:56 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 10 11:22:41 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:23:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 08:01:11 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 08:02:09 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 12:43:18 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 16:20:49 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 04:00:58 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 04:01:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jun 27 19:57:38 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 20:02:26 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=25074