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The hallowed halls of Moo University, a midwestern agricultural institution (aka "cow college"), are rife with devious plots, mischievous intrigue, lusty liaisons, and academic one-upsmanship. In this wonderfully written and masterfully plotted novel, Jane Smiley, the prizewinning author of A Thousand Acres, offers a wickedly funny, darkly poignant comedy.
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Contemporary, comic, classical in form and meticulous.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Jane Smiley
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Wheeler Pub., Rivages, Ivy Books
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English, French, German
- ISBN
- 9780449910238
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