title: World's End (Boyle novel)
text: # World's End (Boyle novel)
  
  World's End is a 1987 historical fiction novel by T. C. Boyle. The novel, characterized by dark satire, tells the story of several generations of families in the Hudson River Valley. It was the winner of the 1988 PEN/Faulkner Award for American Fiction.
  
  ## Book information
  
  World's End by T. C. Boyle
  
  * Hardcover – ISBN 0-670-81489-X (1987, First edition) published by Viking Press
  * Paperback – ISBN 0-14-029993-9 (July 20, 1990) published by Penguin Books
  
  ## In popular culture
  
  The book was referenced in the popular American sitcom How I Met Your Mother, in the season 5 episode "Girls Vs. Suits".
  
  