Matthew Quirk Signs in San Diego

Jesse Kellerman and Matthew Quirk join us for an evening of publishing and politics! In Potboiler, a professor with severe envy of his friend’s commercial success as a writer plagiarizes his friend’s unfinished novel when the best-seller is lost at sea. His success has dire consequences, as Jesse embraces and exaggerates the tropes of the thriller. And Matthew draws on his background as a journalist for The Atlantic for his tale of a Harvard law student whose initial enthusiasm for his new job at a high-powered Washington D.C. consulting firm turns to dismay as he uncovers corruption and a political conspiracy in The 500. 

The 500 (Hardcover)

By Matthew Quirk

$25.99

ISBN-13: 9780316198622
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Reagan Arthur Books, 6/2012

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Description

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A former con artist is plucked from his Harvard Law School classroom and becomes an associate at Washington's most high-powered consulting firm. Quickly pulled into a seductive, dangerous web of power and corruption, he struggles to find his way out.

About the Author

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Matthew Quirk studied history and literature at Harvard College. After graduation, he spent five years at The Atlantic magazine reporting on crime, private military contractors, the opium trade, terrorism prosecutions, and international gangs. He lives in Washington D.C.

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