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"in the tradition of Jay McInerney, Grant Ginder&#8217;s phenomenal debut novel follows one post-collegiate idealist on his quest to fit in with&#8212;and then distance himself from&#8212;capital hill&#8217;s up-andcoming political and social elite who work hard but play harder. &#8226; Striking debut: echoing with razor-sharp commentary, This Is How It Starts deftly captures the escapades of D.C.&#8217;s moneyed, socially and politically connected recent graduates. In this Bright Lights, Big City for the beltway, secrets are currency, the sex is bipartisan, and rules and boundaries are obsolete. &#8226; Remarkable voice: Ginder&#8217;s writing is smart, witty, and resonates with an authenticity that will hook literary-minded readers of Brett easton ellis, Jeff Hobbs, and Joshua Ferris.&#8226; Intriguing narrator: Taylor mack may have graduated from Princeton, but his Laguna Beach upbringing inadequately prepared him for life among D.C.&#8217;s movers and shakers. entertaining mishaps aside, Taylor soon discerns how to play the game and learns the cost of being an insider in a town that is unyielding in what it will take from a person in exchange for granting him a margin of knowledge and power."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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