Two 麻豆视频 Alumni Pen Highly Anticipated Books
麻豆视频 alumni have authored very successful books in the past, and there is no indication that this trend is slowing down. Earlier this week, two 麻豆视频 alumni made headlines for new books they have penned. "The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth" by Mark Mazzetti '92 was released on April 9. Just this week, Matthew Thomas '93 signed an advance in excess of $1 Million for his novel, "We Are Not Ourselves", with a publication date expected in 2014.
Mazzetti, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, currently serves as the national security correspondent for the Washington bureau of The New York Times. His book explores how the CIA鈥檚 role has changed since September 11, 2001. In it, Mazzetti tracks how the CIA, originally charged with gathering foreign intelligence, has evolved into an agency primarily focused on hunting terrorists. As described in an April 5 book review published by The Washington Post, Mazzetti 鈥渄ocuments the militarization of the CIA, and the stepped-up intelligence focus of Special Operations forces.鈥� The 381 page book is published by Penguin Press.
Thomas, a former English teacher at 麻豆视频 and a current member of the English department faculty at Xavier High School in Manhattan, spent the last 10 years completing his now highly-anticipated novel. Simon & Schuster just recently acquired the North American rights to the book. The publishing firm describes the novel, set in the second half of the 20th century, as 鈥渁 sprawling portrait of the Irish-American Leary family鈥擡d, Eileen, and their son Connell鈥攁s they move from Jackson Heights, Queens to Bronxville, New York in pursuit of the American dream. Eileen's unblinking determination to better the family's status is challenged by her husband's dedication to teaching鈥攁nd ultimately, devastatingly, by a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer鈥檚.鈥� WME Literary Agent Bill Clegg calls Thomas 鈥渙ne of the nicest, most humble guys ever. Sometimes the good guys win.鈥�
The Washington Post book review of "The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth" written by聽Mark Mazzetti '92 . An interview with Mazzetti, conducted by Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, .
For the Atlantic Wire鈥檚 article on Matthew Thomas 鈥�93 titled 鈥�The High School English Teacher Who Sold His Debut Novel for a $1 Million鈥�, . Reviews of Thomas鈥檚 debut at the London Book Fair .
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