{"product_id":"this-is-how-it-starts-9781416595595","title":"This Is How It Starts","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe People We Hate at the Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Taylor Mark: a recent college graduate who has moved to Washington, DC, to work for John Grayson, the less-than-brilliant congressman from his home district in Southern California. Washington is a city where deals are made behind closed doors, and there's no one better to teach Taylor--and Grayson--that lesson than Chase Latham, Taylor's former college roommate and the son of a powerful lobbyist. To Chase, the beltway's bars, restaurants, townhouses, and government offices are one big, debauched playground--a land of milk and honey where secrets are currency, the sex is bipartisan, and rules and boundaries are obsolete. It's a place, Taylor quickly discovers, where the line between right and wrong is razor-thin and loyalty based on college friendship quickly becomes a thing of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Is How It Starts \u003c\/i\u003eis a sharp and incisively written novel about how far one young man will go to be 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grant Ginder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.28w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416595595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/13\/2009 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrant Ginder graduated from the university of Pennsylvania, where he edited 34th Street, the school's humor and culture magazine. He currently works as a speechwriting associate at the Center for American Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44481133281395,"sku":"9781416595595","price":22.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7dbb4c7f-c3cf-4e07-a276-7747a9a85ce0.jpg?v=1774529511","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/this-is-how-it-starts-9781416595595","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}