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Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever is a 2009 memoir by Walter Kirn. It describes his own trip through the American education system from rural Minnesota to Princeton University. Random House catalogThe author also wrote Read More..

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Description	Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever is a 2009 memoir by Walter Kirn. It describes his own trip through the American education system from rural Minnesota to Princeton University. Random House catalogThe author also wrote an earlier essay under the same title for The Atlantic. Atlantic, January-February 2005The book was reviewed twice in the New York Times. New York Times Sunday Book Review, May 21, 2009 New York Times, May 17, 2009 The Times also listed it as a "notable book of 2009". New York Times Notable Books listOther reviews appeared in the Washington Post Washington Post, June 7, 2009 and Commentary Magazine, Commentary Magazine, June 2009 and the book was recommended on Time Magazine's "Short List of Things to Do". Time Magazine, Short list of things to do, May 29, 2009
Description	Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever is a 2009 memoir by Walter Kirn. It describes his own trip through the American education system from rural Minnesota to Princeton University. Random House catalogThe author also wrote an earlier essay under the same title for The Atlantic. Atlantic, January-February 2005The book was reviewed twice in the New York Times. New York Times Sunday Book Review, May 21, 2009 New York Times, May 17, 2009 The Times also listed it as a "notable book of 2009". New York Times Notable Books listOther reviews appeared in the Washington Post Washington Post, June 7, 2009 and Commentary Magazine, Commentary Magazine, June 2009 and the book was recommended on Time Magazine's "Short List of Things to Do". Time Magazine, Short list of things to do, May 29, 2009

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Name	Lost in the Meritocracy
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Authors	Walter Kirn
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Genre	Memoir
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	224 pp (hardback edition)
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Media_type	Print (Hardback
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Isbn	0-385-52128-6
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Publisher	Doubleday
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Pub_date	May 2009
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Release_date	May 2009
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