Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed on 4/24/2013 + 813 more book reviews

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Jim is a history professor serving his first year of probationary duty. And, duty it is. As low man on the totem pole, he gets to lecture on merry ole medieval Englanda topic shunned and seriously avoided by the rest of the department. Her you will find all of the stuffiness, smug self-centeredness, egocentric, mind-numbing, sometimes boorish world of academia. I've been there as you can probably tell. Anyway, this book starts out slooooowly but finally picks up some steam when he inveigles himself with some wacky dames and the family of his out-to-lunch department head. Some of it is witty and at any rate it is a pretty good jab at academia.

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