How It Ended

Description

A transsexual prostitute accidentally propositions his own father. A senator's serial infidelities leave him in hot water. And two young lovers spend Christmas together high on different drugs. This work aims to expose the dark underbelly of the American dream.

Promotion info

RANSOM and BRIGHTNESS FALLS published, for the first time by Bloomsbury, alongside HOW IT ENDED

Reviews

'Sharp, spare, exquisitely observed writing' Daily Mail 'Jay McInerney is the type of American novelist to whom English readers instinctively warm ... How It Ended is the work of a fine writer on the top of his form' Sunday Telegraph 'McInerney rarely lets the reader down and the buzz you get from reading How It Ended will last longer than your usual fix' Tatler 'The best modern stories I have read since James Joyce's Dubliners Daily Mail

Author description

Jay McInerney is the author of six novels, BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY, RANSOM, STORY OF MY LIFE, BRIGHTNESS FALLS, THE LAST OF THE SAVAGES, MODEL BEHAVIOUR and THE GOOD LIFE. He lives in New York and Nashville.