RaveThe New RepublicUnassuming and open-minded ... Especially memorable is Barragán’s description of the inner workings of the scam economy, which illustrates both the wonders and pitfalls of internet-driven globalization ... Interestingly, Barragán draws the worlds of the Yahoo Boys more vividly than those of their victims, whose appearances in the book are episodic and anticlimactic ... At once bold and empathetic, The Yahoo Boys is a rare account of the subterranean world of our digital age and those who inhabit it ... An artful reminder that poverty and inequality in one place is poverty and inequality everywhere.
RaveLos Angeles Review of BooksRiveting ... Deeply researched and thoughtfully told, incorporating insights from both primary sources and more recent secondary literature. Like many good books, it is also personal ... French’s efforts to understand Nkrumah’s psyche are laudatory, given how little we actually know about the man himself ... French’s book reads as history told in the present tense, at once enthralling and devastating.
