by JayMcInerney (Author)
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".
Format: Paperback
Pages: 196
Edition: 1st. UK Paperback Edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 0747553564
ISBN 13: 9780747553564
Book Overview: Sex, excess and urban paranoia HOW IT ENDED returns to hallmark McInerney territory. RANSOM and BRIGHTNESS FALLS published, for the first time by Bloomsbury, alongside HOW IT ENDED. 'The best modern stories I have read since James Joyce's DUBLINERS' DAILY MAIL