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Jun 2, 2009 · Grant Ginder's 'This is How it Starts' is a truly exceptional debut. The novel is the story of a young man struggling to find his moral North amidst the decadence and immorality of Washington, DC, set firmly at (what we now know is) the moment directly preceding the 'second fall of the Roman Empire.'
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Jun 2, 2009 · in the tradition of Jay McInerney, Grant Ginder’s phenomenal debut novel follows one post-collegiate idealist on his quest to fit in with—and then distance himself from—capital hill’s up-andcoming political and social elite who work hard but play harder.
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Jan 1, 2009 · Grant Ginder. 3.17. 125 ratings7 reviews. in the tradition of Jay McInerney, Grant Ginder’s phenomenal debut novel follows one post-collegiate idealist on his quest to fit in with—and then distance himself from—capital hill’s up-andcoming political and social elite who work hard but play harder.
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Jun 1, 2009 · by Grant Ginder ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2009. Recent college grad tries to navigate the political minefields and glossy nightlife of Washington, D.C. As a speechwriter for the Center for American Progress, debut novelist Ginder has obviously developed a healthy and fertile suspicion of beltway institutions.
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This Is How It Starts is a funny, sad, and heartfelt debut by one of America's best new writers." -- Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff "An engaging, insightful, wonderfully self-deprecating narrator holds our hand through an insider's tour of the Capitol, and Ginder's cozy, original prose gives us a portrait of disillusionment that is ...
- Grant Ginder
- June 02, 2009
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'This Is How It Starts' takes you through a summer that will change the lives of five teenagers. As they are going through difficult changes, their lives become intertwined. They face family trials, sickness and loss, but they are sustained by their separate interests, and the fr... Read all. Stars. Rachel Bradley. Amber Namery. Ashlyn Prehl.
Jun 2, 2009 · This Is How It Starts is an incisively written debut novel about how far one postcollegiate idealist will go to be an insider in a town that is unyielding in what it will take from a...
