Now the 25-year-old McDonell who burst onto the literary scene at 17 with his novel Twelve has enlivened the genre with An Expensive Education. But most of these are august tales of the Cold War, told from the wise, occasionally stuffy viewpoint of an old master. Smart and sexy and could be the beginning of a franchise more lucrative than literary fiction.” Ron Charles, The Washington Postįor decades, the intersection of the Ivy League and the CIA has made for good storytelling. it's clear this young writer has only begun to show where his prodigious storytelling will take us.” PeopleĪn Expensive Education blends a terse story of international intrigue with a biting satire of Harvard. McDonell continues his streak with a suspenseful, Graham Greene inspired third effort. A novel for the head more than the heart, but so very intelligent that for a certain kind of reader it will be catnip.” Kirkus (starred review) The 20-something author keeps his smart, ambitious, self-absorbed characters at arm’s-length, doling out understanding and compassion to them while withholding real affection. "McDonell's dark, relentelessly readable latest swings back and forth between Harvard and Africa, and in both cases the education is indeed expensive. McDonell writes about hot topics with a cool head, and his riveting novel should fuel an emotional response from readers.” Booklist (starred review) Part college novel and part spy thriller in the tradition of Green and le Carré, An Expensive Education encompasses global, national, and campus politics, showing the way the biggest agendas are sometimes set on the smallest stages.
one hopes this isn’t only appearance.” Publishers Weekly Teak is the most attractive fictional spy in quite some time. introduces a spy who could have easily walked off the pages of le Carré’s better works.
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