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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a quick takes post to catch up. The point of these posts is to be pithy, not thorough (as I typically strive for). --- Professor Jason Fitger is a delightful character (in fiction, please don't sit next to him at a dinner or stand near him at a party. Or maybe don't be in the same room with him). He's full of himself, a little self-deluded, put-upon, and (probably) past his prime with a career going nowhere (but hey, tenure!).
We learn about him through a series of letters of recommendation he's sending to various businesses, schools, programs, and scholarships for his students; interdepartmental emails; emails to old friends/ex-lovers/ex-wife; and maybe one or two others. I like a good epistolary novel, and this is one of them. We learn about Fitger, and a couple of his students, the moves his University is making to gut itself of the liberal arts, and more, in a way that feels incredibly authentic and very entertaining.
Still, I don't think I could take it if the book was much longer, and I don't know that I want to read the rest of the trilogy (but I kind of do).
Originally posted at irresponsiblereader.com.
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a quick takes post to catch up. The point of these posts is to be pithy, not thorough (as I typically strive for). --- Professor Jason Fitger is a delightful character (in fiction, please don't sit next to him at a dinner or stand near him at a party. Or maybe don't be in the same room with him). He's full of himself, a little self-deluded, put-upon, and (probably) past his prime with a career going nowhere (but hey, tenure!).
We learn about him through a series of letters of recommendation he's sending to various businesses, schools, programs, and scholarships for his students; interdepartmental emails; emails to old friends/ex-lovers/ex-wife; and maybe one or two others. I like a good epistolary novel, and this is one of them. We learn about Fitger, and a couple of his students, the moves his University is making to gut itself of the liberal arts, and more, in a way that feels incredibly authentic and very entertaining.
Still, I don't think I could take it if the book was much longer, and I don't know that I want to read the rest of the trilogy (but I kind of do).
Originally posted at irresponsiblereader.com.