Among the bros : a fraternity crime story / Max Marshall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marshall, Max (Journalist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College of Charleston.

College students--Drug use--South Carolina--Charleston.

College students.

Drug abuse and crime--South Carolina--Charleston.

Drug abuse and crime.

Greek letter societies--South Carolina--Charleston.

Greek letter societies.

Elite (Social sciences)--South Carolina--Charleston.

Elite (Social sciences).

College students--Drug use.

South Carolina--Charleston.

Genre:

True crime stories.

Physical Description:

x, 290 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Summary:

"From a brilliant young investigative journalist, an unprecedented look at elite American fraternity life, tracing a multi-million-dollar drug ring that ended in a chain of betrayals and a murder. When Max Marshall arrived on the campus of the College of Charleston in 2018, he hoped to investigate a small-time fraternity Xanax trafficking ring. Instead, he found a murder, several student deaths, and millions of dollars circulating around the Deep South. He also opened up an elite world hidden to outsiders. Behind the pop culture cliches of "Greek life" lies one of the major breeding grounds of American power: 80 percent of Fortune 500 executives, 85 percent of Supreme Court justices, and all but four presidents since 1825 have been fraternity members. With unprecedented immersion, this book takes readers inside that bubble. Under the live oaks and Spanish moss of Travel + Leisure's "Most Beautiful Campus in America," Marshall traces several "C of C" boys' journeys from fraternity pledges to interstate drug traffickers. The result is a true-life story of hubris, status, money, drugs, and murder-one that lifts a curtain on an ecstatic and disturbing way of life. With expert pacing and a cool eye, he follows a never-ending party that continues after funerals and mass arrests. An addictive and haunting portrait of tomorrow's American establishment, Among the Bros is nonfiction storytelling at its finest"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Wolves of King Street

Mountain weekend

Recruitment

Pledgeship

Old south weekend

Dousing the tree

QB sneak

Blackout punch

Pure water

Uncle's coke

Patrick

Count crazy

I'm your pledge

Storage locker

Some consequences

Party never ends.

ISBN:

9780063099531

0063099535

OCLC:

1382527721