Moo - Softcover

Smiley, Jane

3.47

8,313 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449910237 ISBN 13: 9780449910238

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1996

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A wickedly funny comedy is set in the heart of the midwest at the distinguished Moo University, where respectable pursuits in art, science, and agriculture give way to devious plots, mischievous intrigue, and irresistible eccentricities. Reprint. 200,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Delectably entertaining.... An uproariously funny and at the same time hauntingly melancholy portrait of a college community in the Midwest." --"The New York Times""Fast, hilarious, and heartbreaking...Not for a minute does Moo lose its perfect satiric pitch or its pacing. . . . Don't skip a page, don't skip a paragraph. It's going to be on the final." --"People""Smart, irreverent, and wickedly tender.... Moo suggests a mix of Tom Wolfe's wit and John Updike's satiny reach.... Engaging." --"The Boston Globe"

Delectably entertaining.... An uproariously funny and at the same time hauntingly melancholy portrait of a college community in the Midwest. The New York Times Fast, hilarious, and heartbreaking...Not for a minute does Moo lose its perfect satiric pitch or its pacing. . . . Don't skip a page, don't skip a paragraph. It's going to be on the final. People Smart, irreverent, and wickedly tender.... Moo suggests a mix of Tom Wolfe's wit and John Updike's satiny reach.... Engaging. The Boston Globe"

Delectably entertaining.... An uproariously funny and at the same time hauntingly melancholy portrait of a college community in the Midwest.

The New York Times

Fast, hilarious, and heartbreaking...Not for a minute does Moo lose its perfect satiric pitch or its pacing. . . . Don't skip a page, don't skip a paragraph. It's going to be on the final.

People

Smart, irreverent, and wickedly tender.... Moo suggests a mix of Tom Wolfe's wit and John Updike's satiny reach.... Engaging.

The Boston Globe

About the Author:

Jane Smiley is the author of eleven novels, as well as four works of nonfiction. She is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2001. She lives in Northern California.

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