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Finally a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary."
Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the midwest. His department is facing draconian cuts and squalid quarters, while one floor above them the Economics Department is getting lavishly remodeled offices. His once-promising writing career is in the doldrums, as is his romantic life, in part as the result of his unwise use of his private affairs for his novels. His star (he thinks) student can't catch a break with his brilliant (he thinks) work Accountant in a Bordello, based on Melville's Bartleby. In short, his life is a tale of woe, and the vehicle this droll and inventive novel uses to tell that tale is a series of hilarious letters of recommendation that Fitger is endlessly called upon by his...
beyondthefourthwall: In which humour stems from a cantankerous middle-aged American white guy having a real knack for embarking on overlong and rambling personal tangents.
An epistolary novel about a disgruntled faculty member, Jason/Jay Fitger, who is writing an endless stream of Letters of Recommendation for students and faculty. It is funny in some cases, and in others, it is a venting of frustrations - with the faculty, with the office space, with people not responding, with former flames. It is a quick read. Just OK in my opinion. ( )
Hilarious yet sobering view of the world of secondary education, as told in a series of letters of recommendation by an English professor from a small liberal arts college. I’ve never come across this form of storytelling, and it works. I’ve known for some time that certain institutions have a culture that is all their own, and universities are no exception. Schumacher, herself a college professor, reaches back into her experience to illuminate the craziness of her world, and writes the LOR that I’m sure most academics would have loved to write themselves, but of course couldn’t. The book specifically addresses the dying liberal arts in the era of STEM majors, and the scant options for, in particular, English majors (often having to accept jobs well below their skill sets). There is a tragic element to the book, as the author of the LORs, Jason Fitger, tries to promote his last mentee. This book is so well written - it’s compulsively readable - and should be required reading for anyone teaching at the college level. ( )
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September 3, 2009 ... Dear Committee Members, Over the past twenty-odd years I've recommended god only know how many talented candidates for the Bentham January residency - that enviable literary oasis in the woods south of Skowhegan: the solitude, the pristine cabins, the artistic camaraderie, and those exquisite hand-delivered satchels of apples and cheese .. Well, you can scratch all prior nominees and pretenders from your mailing lists, because none is as provocative or as promising as Darren Browles.
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In the meantime I hope once again to consider myself Your friend, Jay
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Finally a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary."
Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the midwest. His department is facing draconian cuts and squalid quarters, while one floor above them the Economics Department is getting lavishly remodeled offices. His once-promising writing career is in the doldrums, as is his romantic life, in part as the result of his unwise use of his private affairs for his novels. His star (he thinks) student can't catch a break with his brilliant (he thinks) work Accountant in a Bordello, based on Melville's Bartleby. In short, his life is a tale of woe, and the vehicle this droll and inventive novel uses to tell that tale is a series of hilarious letters of recommendation that Fitger is endlessly called upon by his...
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