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Authors: John Kenney
Andy: Why do we meet Fin at this particular moment in his life?
John: Because he's a mess. A job he doesn't love. A recently canceled wedding. His estranged family and dying father. His cluelessness over Phoebe, his love interest. I think there comes a point where you realize the future isn't limitless. For Fin it's waking up on the eve of his fortieth birthday, being surprised by this, by the path life has taken. I think he sees that there's a window that's fast closing and that unless he acts differently, he's going to be lost. He's tried lying because the pain of the truthâof what he saw and experienced, of caring for someone who might leaveâis simply too much for him. I think he finally sees that life is about courage. And the courage is to be honest with himself.
JOHN KENNEY
has worked as a copywriter in New York City for seventeen years. He has also been a contributor to
The New Yorker
since 1999. Some of his work appears in a collection of
The New Yorker
's humor writing,
Disquiet, Please!
He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kenney, John, 1962â
Truth in advertising / John Kenney.
   p. cm.
“A Touchstone book.”
1. Advertising executivesâFiction. 2. New York (N.Y.)âFiction. 3. Domestic fiction. 4. Satire. I. Title.
PS3611.E6665T78 2013
813'.6âdc23
2012009173
ISBN 978-1-4516-7554-2
ISBN 978-1-4516-7556-6 (eBook)
