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Originally Posted by issybird
Realistically, most Newarkers, as with most people anywhere, are not going to end up at Yale. There's no point in denying the reality of where and how this young man lived and how he transcended his origins, because that's the story being told by his Yalie roommate. Newark isn't Saddle River, after all. Although I agree that the subtitle was rather tone-deaf.
This book has been on my radar since it came out, but I think I'd rather read it.
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Yeah. I thought about the fact that all that the publisher may have wanted to imply is what you said. I hope so.