{"product_id":"lost-in-the-meritocracy-the-undereducation-of-an-overachiever-paperback","title":"Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever - 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\u003eWalter Kirn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom elementary school on, Walter Kirn knew how to stay at the top of his class: He clapped erasers, memorized answer keys, and parroted his teachers' pet theories. But when he launched himself eastward to an Ivy League university, Kirn discovered that the temple of higher learning he had expected was instead just another arena for more gamesmanship, snobbery, and social climbing. In this whip-smart memoir of kissing-up, cramming, and competition, \u003ci\u003eLost in the Meritocracy\u003c\/i\u003e reckons the costs of an educational system where the point is simply to keep accumulating points and never to look back--or within. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Kirn is a regular reviewer for\u003ci\u003e Th\u003c\/i\u003ee \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work appears in\u003ci\u003e The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime, New York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of six previous works of fiction: \u003ci\u003eMy Hard Bargain: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShe Needed Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThumbsucker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUp in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMission to America \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Unbinding\u003c\/i\u003e. Kirn is a graduate of Princeton University and attended Oxford on a scholarship from the Keasby Foundation. He lives in Livingston, Montana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.02 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792114561272,"sku":"9780307279453","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/ukjAwBWbS39780307279453.webp?v=1780465835","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/lost-in-the-meritocracy-the-undereducation-of-an-overachiever-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}