Philip Roth's novel,The Anatomy Lesson, is one of the great portraits of the writer in extremis. It is a wild, raucous, daring book that cements his reputation as one of this country's premier novelists.
Having served over 4 years hard time as an employee in an institution of higher learning, I really appreciated both the humor and politics of this book. One book of a small series, it is set in a fictitious private liberal arts college in Texas. In additional to the murder(s), faculty vs "the administration" plays a large role in the plots of the books in this series.
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