Blue Angel Contributor(s): Prose, Francine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060882034 ISBN-13: 9780060882037 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Deliciously risque, this bestseller by the author of "Guided Tours of Hell" offers a withering take on modern academic mores, a scathing tale of colliding cultures that vividly shows just what can happen when academic politics crash head-on with political correctness. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Satire - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.04" W x 7.84" (0.55 lbs) 344 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - New England |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The National Book Award Finalist from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Francine Prose--now the major motion picture Submission "Screamingly funny ... Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment hearing that rivals the Salem witch trials." --USA Today It has been years since Swenson, a professor in a New England creative writing program, has published a novel. It's been even longer since any of his students have shown promise. Enter Angela Argo, a pierced, tattooed student with a rare talent for writing. Angela is just the thing Swenson needs. And, better yet, she wants his help. But, as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Deliciously risqu , Blue Angel is a withering take on today's academic mores and a scathing tale that vividly shows what can happen when academic politics collides with political correctness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Prose, Francine: - Francine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction, including Mister Monkey; the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932; A Changed Man, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim, a Fulbright, and a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, she is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in New York City. |