About the Book

“Among the Bros is a harrowing and disturbing book. I have read about fraternity life but nothing like this. This book will blow your mind, each page digging deeper into the unimaginable. Except every word is true.”—Buzz Bissinger, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito Bowl and Friday Night Lights

A brilliant young investigative journalist traces a murder and a multi-million-dollar drug ring, leading to an unprecedented look at elite American fraternity life.

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 homicide, 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.

Critical Praise

“Among the Bros is a harrowing and disturbing book. I have read about fraternity life but nothing like this. This book will blow your mind, each page digging deeper into the unimaginable. Except every word is true.” — Buzz Bissinger, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito Bowl and Friday Night Lights

"In Among The Bros, Max Marshall’s compassion, rigorous reporting, and terrific eye for detail add up to an unusual accomplishment—a page turner of a crime caper, humbly but righteously engaged with the nation’s ongoing injustices." — Nick McDonell

"No journalist has ever gotten inside the world of elite college fraternities the way Max Marshall has. You'll simply shake your head in astonishment that such a way of life exists. Marshall's book is one staggering read." — Skip Hollandsworth

"Through chilling, candid conversations with his sources, Marshall convincingly illustrates how these young men allowed greed to wreck their lives. The result is a fast-paced and frightening campus crime saga." — Publishers Weekly

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780063099531
• ISBN 10: 0063099535
• Imprint: Harper
• On Sale: 11/07/2023
• Pages: 304
• List Price:37.00 CAD
• BISAC1 : TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime
• BISAC2 : SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
• BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs

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