Duplicate copy bought for trade or my Fourth Annual Christmas RABCK Extravaganza.

From the Publisher

Nestled in the heart of the Midwest, amid cow pastures and waving fields of grain, lies Moo University, a distinguished institution devoted to the art and science of agriculture. Here, among an atmosphere rife with devious plots, mischievous intrigue, lusty liaisons, and academic one-upmanship, Chairman X of the Horticulture Department harbors a secret fantasy to kill the dean; Mrs. Walker, the provost's right hand and campus information queen, knows where all the bodies are buried; Timothy Nonahan, associate professor of English, advocates eavesdropping for his creative writing assignments; and Bob Carlson, a sophomore, feeds and maintains his only friend: a hog named Earl Butz. In this wonderfully written and masterfully plotted novel, Jane Smiley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres, offers us a wickedly funny comedy that is also a darkly poignant slice of life.

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Mailing off to catsalive as the Happy Holidays RABCK for 19 December 2006. Happy Reading!!!

This arrived today & I look forward to reading it. Thankyou, arugh48187. Can you believe 2 months have already passed since the 19th of December? This year is flying past

Groan! I tried. I gave it the old 50-page try, & were they the longest 50 pages of my life? Possibly. So many characters that I couldn't keep track of: nor did I want to. I couldn't care less about these people.

I can see that this was building up to be some sort of satire about universities & university life, but it just droned on and on - dreary & verbose. Life is too short.

Sent to book-a-neer for the July 2016 SCBE.

Book has arrived. Thank you.

I tried but I don't think it's my kind of book.

This is a travelling book. It is not lost. You see, we at bookcrossing, love our books so much that we like to share it with the world. Read it if you think it's interesting enough and/or pass it on to someone who might enjoy it as well.