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Macmillan Bello (2018), 166 p.
Original publication date
1970
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Student riots have ravaged the distinguished New York City university where Kate Fansler teaches.nbsp;nbsp;In the ensuing disarray, the survival of the university's plebeian stepchild, University College, seems doubtful. President Jeremiah Cudlipp is snobbishly determined to ax it; and as sycophantic professors fall in line behind him, the rally of Kate and few rebellious colleagues seems doomed. It is a fight to the death, and only a miracle--or perhaps a murder--can save their beloved institution. . . .
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LibraryThing member hedera
This is one of my all time Amanda Cross favorites. No one who went through the student revolutions of the Sixties can read this hilarious account of a student uprising at an (unnamed) university in New York City without a pang of memory. Full disclosure: I was at Berkeley during the Free Speech
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Movement, and I laugh out loud every time I read this. The murder and investigation are almost secondary to the background of students standing on window ledges and chanting slogans, and exhausted faculty trying to keep the university going against all odds. The book is also permeated, in a way that charms me, with the poetry and work of W. H. Auden, who is an offstage presence throughout the entire story, relevant because his poetry sums up what the main characters feel about the ongoing events. Show Less
LibraryThing member Jim53
An amusing story of murder in the midst of campus politics and upheaval. Not sure I understand Kate's contributions to the solution. It hasn't motivated me to seek out more of the series.
LibraryThing member kaulsu
This is my second Amanda Cross mystery. I enjoyed it more than my first one: my expectations being considerably lowered. But really! Had she no editor? One character's name was alternatively spelled CARTIER or CARRIER. She spent three quarters of the book establishing that academic politics are
On the positive side. I must admit the classical vocabulary had me looking up words on nearly each page. Impressive. Doctor Seuss was challenged to write a book with a limited vocabulary of 50 words: he wrote the classic _Green Eggs and Ham_. I think Cross was similarly challenged and wrote this book with a dictionary of obscure words!
Let us hope book #4 is better.....
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rampant. Evidently those professors we considered nuts (back in the day) actually might have been.On the positive side. I must admit the classical vocabulary had me looking up words on nearly each page. Impressive. Doctor Seuss was challenged to write a book with a limited vocabulary of 50 words: he wrote the classic _Green Eggs and Ham_. I think Cross was similarly challenged and wrote this book with a dictionary of obscure words!
Let us hope book #4 is better.....
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LibraryThing member leslie.98
Maybe even 4.5*, just because I do so love an academic setting for a mystery!
An academic mystery which deals with the internal politics & struggles of the faculty of a major (unnamed) New York city university is the kind of mystery I would have loved to write myself. Written in 1970, student unrest
I loved the Auden quotes at the start of each chapter & throughout the text; I will have read his poetry for myself sometime soon!
An academic mystery which deals with the internal politics & struggles of the faculty of a major (unnamed) New York city university is the kind of mystery I would have loved to write myself. Written in 1970, student unrest
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provides the background to the situation but as anyone who has been a college or university professor knows, the factions & committees etc. could have been taking place at any time. I had a few laughs (such as at the doctoral dissertation defense meeting & the professor describing a recent play he had attended) as well.I loved the Auden quotes at the start of each chapter & throughout the text; I will have read his poetry for myself sometime soon!
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LibraryThing member ritaer
Kate Fansler and Reed's engagement party spoiled by death of senior faculty from aspirin allergy. Reed solves.
LibraryThing member leslie.98
Maybe even 4.5*, just because I do so love an academic setting for a mystery!
An academic mystery which deals with the internal politics & struggles of the faculty of a major (unnamed) New York city university is the kind of mystery I would have loved to write myself. Written in 1970, student unrest
I loved the Auden quotes at the start of each chapter & throughout the text; I will have read his poetry for myself sometime soon!
An academic mystery which deals with the internal politics & struggles of the faculty of a major (unnamed) New York city university is the kind of mystery I would have loved to write myself. Written in 1970, student unrest
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provides the background to the situation but as anyone who has been a college or university professor knows, the factions & committees etc. could have been taking place at any time. I had a few laughs (such as at the doctoral dissertation defense meeting & the professor describing a recent play he had attended) as well.I loved the Auden quotes at the start of each chapter & throughout the text; I will have read his poetry for myself sometime soon!
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English
ISBN
1509820051 / 9781509820054
Physical description
166 p.; 7.99 inches
Pages
166