The Ivy League Impostor How I Bluffed My Way Through Princeton and Yale edition by Jonathan Bernstein Literature Fiction eBooks
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In this comedic novel set on the Princeton University campus, Jonathan Bernstein explores the nature of privilege, love, sex and religion.
This faux-memoir is told by Thurston Green - your typical party-going Princeton University sophomore. What makes Thurston unique is that he's not actually a college student at all. Arriving on campus to drop off a package, Thurston finds an inviting world of privilege and transforms himself from delivery man into a popular undergraduate student.
As Thurston searches for love and sex at Princeton, he befriends a range of brilliant students, from orthodox Jews to WASPs, from bookish loners to sex therapist Dr. Ruth. Attracted to his charming, boyish demeanor, these new friends confide in Thurston, revealing their own secrets, deceptions and romantic struggles.
In this funny, out-of-the-box guide to making it in the Ivy League, follow Thurston's coming of age journey to become worthy of the fraudulent life he manages to carve out for himself in the Ivy League. Join Thurston on a wild journey that takes him from Princeton all the way to a Ph.D at Yale.
Featuring an all star cast of characters including
-Noam Chomsky's daughter
-An imaginary porn star
-The Rabbi's daughter who ate treif
-The Princeton intramural ping pong champion
-A conflicted Penn undergrad
-The President of Yale
The Ivy League Impostor How I Bluffed My Way Through Princeton and Yale edition by Jonathan Bernstein Literature Fiction eBooks
A fast read, and hilarious. Jonathan Bernstein does exactly what he says he will on the back cover - tells a fast-moving story that makes you realize that we are all impostors on some level. He keeps us guessing right until the end about the true identity of the woman who may or may not be the daughter of a very famous person, and about when and whether the protagonist's house of cards will come tumbling down. There are no "furniture" characters; every single one has a personality that he develops in just a few sentences and suddenly we have a fully established individual to love, hate, or ridicule. Definitely worth it.Product details
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The Ivy League Impostor How I Bluffed My Way Through Princeton and Yale edition by Jonathan Bernstein Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Bernstein takes aim at the Ivy League and hilariously lampoons academic elitism. This book is "This Side of Paradise" for the modern age.
Highly recommend. Great for book clubs.
It was a great read. It forces the reader to consider who their true self is and if they are living their life as an impostor....highly recommended!
A funny, quick read. What starts out as a superficial tale touches on deeper themes of identity, insecurity, relationships and temptation/guilt, with subtle commentaries about the Ivy League, reality television, and religious devotion. Thurston Green is a libido-driven loafer who wants to live the good life, but his experiences at Princeton make him realize there is more to life.
I read "The Ivy League Impostor" in one sitting because I was smiling and laughing too much to put it down. I loved Thurston's humble brags and his oddball parenthetical statements. Even though his life at Princeton is a web of lies, you'll be rooting for him almost immediately
I loved this little book about a modern Horatio Alger who happens to be hilarious, obnoxious, likable, and in the end strangely wise. It was recommended to me by a fellow Ivy-Leaguer, and I love that it treats that milieu with such little preciousness. It sticks a big, beautiful pin in the bubble of Ivy League pretension, showing, as maybe Fitzgerald did too (Thurston compares himself favorably to that other Princeton grad!) the insecurities and desperation that can lie beneath the surface of wealth and prestige.
I was hooked by the humor and honesty of the voice. Thurston tells us about his first conversation with his girlfriend to be as spending a long time talking about "what has more caffeine, decaffeinated Coke or decaffeinated tea," which is exactly what you talk about on your first long night with your college girlfriend to be.
But read on, read on, and there is wisdom, heart and pathos waiting for the reader who delves. Why don't I give it five stars? I'm trying to save that ranking for the time I feel I've found, at last, the great American novel...meaning, I never give it. But this was pretty damn close.
A fast read, and hilarious. Jonathan Bernstein does exactly what he says he will on the back cover - tells a fast-moving story that makes you realize that we are all impostors on some level. He keeps us guessing right until the end about the true identity of the woman who may or may not be the daughter of a very famous person, and about when and whether the protagonist's house of cards will come tumbling down. There are no "furniture" characters; every single one has a personality that he develops in just a few sentences and suddenly we have a fully established individual to love, hate, or ridicule. Definitely worth it.
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