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The Lecturer's Tale: A Novel
by Hynes, James
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312203322
- ISBN 13
- 9780312203320
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Picador, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Picador USA, New York, 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine,UNCLIPPED. 1st. x, 388 pages; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition."A fine copy of the first printing. "The author of Publish and Perish returns with a Faustian tale of the horrors of academe. Nelson Humbolt is a visiting adjunct English lecturer at prestigious Midwest University, until he is unceremoniously fired one autumn morning. Minutes after the axe falls, his right index finger is severed in a freak accident. Doctors manage to reattach the finger, but when the bandages come off, Nelson realizes that he has acquired a strange power--he can force his will onto others with a touch of his finger. And so he obtains an extension on the lease of his university-owned townhouse and picks up two sections of freshman composition, saving his career from utter ruin. But soon these victories seem inconsequential, and Nelson's finger burns for even greater glory. Now the Midas of academia wonders if he can attain what every struggling assistant professor and visiting lecturer covets--tenure. A pitch-perfect blend of satire and horror, The Lecturer's Tale paints a gruesomely clever portrait of life in academia. / James Hynes is the author of The Wild Colonial Boy and Publish and Perish. He lives in Austin, TX." - Publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000908
- Title
- The Lecturer's Tale: A Novel
- Author
- Hynes, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0312203322
- ISBN 13
- 9780312203320
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 432
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