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At the latter, Ginder studied with novelists Junot Diaz and Colson Whitehead.
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This Is How It Starts: A Novel
(in the tradition of Jay McInerney, Grant Ginder’s phenome...)
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. • Striking debut: echoing with razor-sharp commentary, This Is How It Starts deftly captures the escapades of D.C.’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. • Remarkable voice: Ginder’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. • Intriguing narrator: Taylor mack may have graduated from Princeton, but his Laguna Beach upbringing inadequately prepared him for life among D.C.’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.
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Grant Ginder
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Ginder, born in 1983 and raised in Laguna Beach, California, received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and an Master of Fine Arts from New York University. While in college, Ginder worked as intern in the offices of California representative Loretta Sanchez. Upon completing his education, Ginder served as speechwriter for John Podesta at the Center for American Progress.
In 2009, he published his first novel, This is How it Starts, a story of young government employees and interns working in Washington, District of Columbia The Politico called the novel an examination of Washington"s "power elite" -- "sharply observed" and "packed with sly humor."
In 2013, Ginder published the novel Driver"s Education.
In a starred review, the industry publication Booklist called the book, "lively, funny, gritty, and achingly real," comparing Ginder to novelists Junot Diaz and Michael Chabon. In The Boston Globe, critic Karen Campbell called the work "engaging, colorful, direct, and imaginative," and "a stirring, memorable trip." The New Yorker magazine called the work "a sensitively observed story," about "lessons that bear repeating.".
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This Is How It Starts: A Novel
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This Is How It Starts: A Novel
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