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Availability:In StockContributor:James HynesPublish date:2002-02-09Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312287719ISBN-10:312287712UPC:9780312287719Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Horror, PoliticalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC46CX0946

Nelson Humboldt 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. The Lecturer's Tale is a pitch-perfect blend of satire and horror.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312287719ISBN-10:312287712UPC:9780312287719Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Horror, PoliticalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC46CX0946

James Hynes is the author of The Wild Colonial Boy and Publish and Perish, a New York Times Notable Book. His television criticism has appeared in Mother Jones and the Utne Reader. He lives in Austin, Texas.


Publisher: Picador USA

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