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Peake, Richard

 
9780595267101: Jack, Be Nimble: A revised and expanded version of Jack, Be Nimble
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595267106 ISBN 13 : 9780595267101
Editeur : iUniverse, 2003

Synopsis

Pine Mountain College treasures its traditions and close ties to the local community. When new president Jason Malmuth trashes these in efforts to change what he considers the overly rustic image of the College, the quirky faculty of the Appalachian Studies Program defend themselves and their program, the chief objects of Mammoth's ire. Mysterious attempts to murder folklore professor Roger Duvant and the bizarre behavior of Appalachian literature professor John Jaykyll hamper faculty efforts to combat the arrogant, greedy Malmuth and his venal subordinate, Provost Jeremy Bottleby. Duvant receives aid from an unlikely source, Dean Hiram Grudger's wife Rauncibelle, who seduces Duvant but helps him and his friends combat Malmuth and the determined but inept assassin seeking Roger's life. Jaykyll's problems, rooted in his childhood and his youthful sexual experiences, disappear as he responds to therapy and joins the embattled faculty in their serious but often comic struggle with Malmuth.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Pine Mountain College treasures its traditions and close ties to the local community. When new president Jason Malmuth trashes these in efforts to change what he considers the overly rustic image of the College, the quirky faculty of the Appalachian Studies Program defend themselves and their program, the chief objects of Mammoth's ire. Mysterious attempts to murder folklore professor Roger Duvant and the bizarre behavior of Appalachian literature professor John Jaykyll hamper faculty efforts to combat the arrogant, greedy Malmuth and his venal subordinate, Provost Jeremy Bottleby. Duvant receives aid from an unlikely source, Dean Hiram Grudger's wife Rauncibelle, who seduces Duvant but helps him and his friends combat Malmuth and the determined but inept assassin seeking Roger's life. Jaykyll's problems, rooted in his childhood and his youthful sexual experiences, disappear as he responds to therapy and joins the embattled faculty in their serious but often comic struggle with Malmuth.

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in Tidewater Virginia. Peake attended UVA and UGA and has taught at Clemson University, Western Carolina University, the University of Georgia, and the University of Virginia's College at Wise. An amateur ornithologist, he has published collections of poetry and Birds of the Virginia Cumberlands.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595267106
ISBN 13 
9780595267101
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
306
Coordonnées du fabricant
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