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Title: Takes on the Shallow Politically Correct Atmosphere of Academia
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is an interesting and fun satire on the 'politically correct' atmosphere that exists in academia, especially in English Departments.The novel is told from the point of view of a male English professor who has followed all the rules 'till now'. He finds himself getting royally screwed by a pathologic personality disordered colleague, what is known in the therapy world as a 'borderline personality'.I appreciated the comic aspect of the professor's own perceptions and rationalizations for his behaviors as he decides he no longer wants to follow the rules he'd always adhered to, the unspoken behaviors that a good professor must incorporate into his life. I also laughed out loud at the rhetoric of all the 'politically correct' mandates of academia. Ms. Prose makes academia sound like the Gulag. I agree with her 100%.
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