The Runner
The Runner tells the remarkable true story of a teenage drifter and petty thief named James Hogue who woke up one cold winter morning in a storage shed in Utah and decided to start his life anew. Re-imagining himself as a self-educated ranch hand named Alexi Indris-Santana who read Plato under the stars and could run a mile in under four minutes, Hogue applied and was accepted to Princeton University, where he excelled academically, made the track team, and became a member of the elite Ivy Club. Echoing both The Great Gatsby and The Talented Mr. Ripley, the story of Hogueas life before and after he went to Princeton is both an immensely affecting portrait of a dreamer and a striking indictment of the Ivy League ameritocracya to which Hogue wanted so badly to belong. Drawing elegant parallels between Hogueas ambitions and the American myth of self-invention, while also examining his own uneasy identification with his troubled subject, David Samuels has fashioned a powerful metaphor for the corruptions of the American dream, revealing exceptional gifts as a reporter and literary stylist.As the trial date approached, I headed off to Telluride with the folder stuffed in my green army duffle. ... The folder contained a copy of an application to the Princeton University Class of 1992, complete with the required personal essays, lists of books, and proof of a ... Hoguea#39;s application to Princeton was both a carefully considered con and an inspired goof on the American college admissions process, anbsp;...
| Title | : | The Runner |
| Author | : | David Samuels |
| Publisher | : | Tantor eBooks - 2012-03-05 |
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