Academic Novels

[Henry M]

Phillip Roth has held forth a number of times on academia; the 
excellent Professor of Desire comes to mind. 

> From:          RR.TFCNY at mail.fdncenter.org (RICHARD ROMEO)
> Date:          Thu, 06 Feb 1997 13:42 EST
> To:            PYNCHON-L at waste.org
> Subject:       Academic Novels

> Two that come to mind:  _The Tunnel_ by Wm Gass and _Darconville's Cat_ 
> by A. Theroux.  Some portions of both have some interesting things to say 
> about the college professor profession.
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> back from jury duty hell...oh M & D mentioned in _Time Out_--things to 
> look forward to in '97 cover story issue
> 
> Richard Romeo 
> Coordinator of Cooperating Collections
> The Foundation Center-NYC
> 212-807-2417
> rromeo at fdncenter.org
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