From Publishers Weekly
McCartney, a creative writing teacher at Antioch University in Los Angeles, eschews conventional structure in this debut novel, offering instead a surreal and self-referential encyclopedia for the 21st century. Arranged alphabetically, McCartney employs a short, free association style to expound on disparate topics, including Princess Diana, head lice, extinction—and everything in between. The narrator’s obsessions—pornography, razors, cholos and his mothe (more…)

The End of the World Book: A Novel (Hardcover)