Blue Angel - Hardcover

Prose, Francine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006019541X ISBN 13: 9780060195410

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2000

Synopsis

An ironic look at modern academia offers the hilarious chronicle of the trials and tribulations of Swenson, a frustrated college professor who finds that Angela Argo, a postpunk oft pierced student, has a brilliant writing talent.

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Review:

?Francine Prose, a literary arsonist with blistering wit, sends up both smug academics and politically correct undergrads in the satrical bonfire Blue Angel.? -- "Entertainment Weekly?Her trenchant satire of sexual harassment gives political correctness a much deserved poke in the eye.? -- "Vanity Fair?Screamingly funny.? -- "USA Today?A mesmerizing and hilarious tour de force.? -- "Us Weekly?An engaging comedy of manners?Prose once again proves herself one of out great cultural satirists.?-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)?Prose is a pro, and this funny yet devastating novel will rock literary and academic worlds alike.? -- "Mademoiselle

From the Back Cover:

It has been years since Swenson, a professor of creative writing at a small New England college, has published a novel of his own. It's been even longer since a student of his has shown a glimmer of talent. And academia, with its increasingly stifling politically correct environment, isn't what it used to be. Enter Angela Argo, a pierced, tattooed student with a rare gift for writing. Fearless and ambitious, Angela seems like the answer to Swenson's prayers. Better yet, she wants his help. What could be more perfect? However, as experience shows, the road to hell is paved with good intentions...

A sublime stylist and satirist, Francine Prose is one of the treasures of contemporary literature. No one writes more wisely about love and marriage, or about the many forms of seduction: the seduction of youth, Of fame, of literary success. Blue Angel is also a withering take on modern academic mores, a scathing tale of colliding cultures that vividly shows just what can happen when academic politics crashes head-on into political correctness -- and to the innocent (or not-so-innocent) men and women caught in the wreckage.

Blue Angel is that rarest of gems: a novel that is a delight and a pleasure to read, a comic tour de force by one of our most inspired and gifted writers. Blue Angel does for creative writing programs what Upton Sinclair's The Jungle did for the meat-packing industry.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 006019541X
• ISBN 13: 9780060195410
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 314