{"product_id":"an-expensive-education-paperback","title":"An Expensive Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick McDonell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young man goes from Ivy League to international intrigue: \"A spy who could have easily walked off the pages of le Carré's better works.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Teak has a classic Harvard profile. He's a twenty-five-year-old scholar\/athlete from an upper-class family who was recruited by his godfather to work for a U.S. intelligence agency. On a covert mission in a Somali village, he delivers cash and cell phones to Hatashil, a legendary orphan warrior turned rebel leader. It's a routine assignment until, minutes after they meet, the village is decimated by a missile assault, and although Mike escapes, his life is changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEchoing across continents, the assault disrupts professor Susan Lowell, who has just won a Pulitzer Prize for her book celebrating Hatashil. Also shaken is Lowell's student, David Ayan, who was born in the targeted village, a world away from Harvard's most exclusive final club, the Porcellian, which is courting him and Jane, the smart, risk-taking daughter of East Coast money who's sleeping with him. David Ayan struggles with his identity and Susan Lowell struggles against rumors about her relationship with Hatashil, who has been accused of ordering the village massacre. But it is Mike Teak who faces the most dangerous struggle--because when he discovers a horrific conspiracy, he immediately realizes that he has become expendable, with nowhere to run and no one to trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's clear this young writer has only begun to show where his prodigious storytelling will take us.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Smart and sexy.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tempered by some hilarious insider glimpses of Harvard life, \u003ci\u003eAn Expensive Education\u003c\/i\u003e is terrific, a thriller noir that's difficult to put down or forget.\" --\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (A-)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick McDonell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1984 in New York City. He is the author of two previous novels, \u003ci\u003eTwelve\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Third Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, and has reported for \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003efrom Sudan and Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53457754128691,"sku":"9780802144812","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/V7O5BOmYqp9780802144812.webp?v=1781272893","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/an-expensive-education-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}