The English Experience: A Novel
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
Author
Contributors
Schumacher, Julie Author
Series
Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group , 2023.
Status
Checked Out
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Description
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Beleaguered Professor Jason Fitger chaperones Payne University’s annual “Experience: Abroad” to London and beyond, with eleven undergrads in tow • The bestselling author of Dear Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement completes her hilarious trilogy of academic mishap“Wise and hilarious and heartbreaking.”—Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire FallsJason Fitger may be the last faculty member the dean wants for the job, but he’s the only professor available to chaperone Payne University’s annual “Experience: Abroad” (he has long been on the record objecting to the absurd and gratuitous colon between the words) occurring during the three weeks of winter term. Among his charges are a claustrophobe with a juvenile detention record, a student who erroneously believes he is headed for the Caribbean, a pair of unreconciled lovers, a set of undifferentiated twins, and one young woman who has never been away from her cat before.Through a sea of troubles—personal, institutional, and international—the gimlet-eyed, acid-tongued Fitger strives to navigate safe passage for all concerned, revealing much about the essential need for human connection and the sometimes surprising places in which it is found.
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Format
eBook, Kindle
Street Date
08/15/2023
Language
English
ISBN
9780385550130
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schumacher, J. (2023). The English Experience: A Novel . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schumacher, Julie. 2023. The English Experience: A Novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schumacher, Julie. The English Experience: A Novel Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2023.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Schumacher, J. (2023). The english experience: a novel. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schumacher, Julie. The English Experience: A Novel Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2023.
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