Beet
by Roger Rosenblatt 2020-08-26 04:47:58
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Beet College is doomed...and nobody really cares. The Board of Trustees, led by developer Joel Bollovate, has squandered the endowment. Debutante-cum-self-styled-poet Matha Polite, an indiscriminate radical with a four-student following, wants to br... Read more

Beet College is doomed...and nobody really cares. The Board of Trustees, led by developer Joel Bollovate, has squandered the endowment. Debutante-cum-self-styled-poet Matha Polite, an indiscriminate radical with a four-student following, wants to bring the institution down. Sweet-tempered terrorist hopeful Akim Ben Ladin (ne Arthur Horowitz) sits in his off-campus cave and dreams about blowing Beet up. Faculty members are too busy concocting useless, trendy courses to do anything about it. Not to mention that American higher education is going down the tubes, one less lesser school isn't going to matter. So why is Professor Peace Porterfield trying to save Beet? Beats us. Less

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  • 7.96x5.36x0.66inches
  • 225
  • Ecco Press
  • January 1, 2009
  • 9780061344282
Roger Rosenblatt is the author of five New York Times Notable Books of the Year, four national bestsellers. and seven off-Broadway plays. His essays for Time magazine and the PBS NewsHour have won two...
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