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Dear Committee Members

Dear Committee Members

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Finally, a novel that puts the "pissed" back into "epistolary." Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the Midwest. His department is facing draconian cuts and squalid quarters, while one floor above them the Economics Department is getting lavishly remodeled offices. His once-promising writing career is in the doldrums, as is his romantic life, in part as the result of his unwise use of his private affairs for his novels. His star (he thinks) student can't catch a break with his brilliant (he thinks) work Accountant in a Bordello, based on Melville's Bartleby. In short, his life is a tale of woe, and the vehicle this droll and inventive novel uses to tell that tale is a series of hilarious letters of recommendation that Fitger is endlessly called upon by his students and colleagues to produce, each one of which is a small masterpiece of high dudgeon, low spirits, and passive-aggressive strategies. We recommend Dear Committee Members to you in the strongest possible terms.

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ISBN13: 9780385538138
ISBN10: 0385538138
Language: English
Series: Jason Fitger
Publisher: Doubleday
Publication Year: 2014
Format: Hardcover

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    Hilarious, sharp epistolary satire of academic life.

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    If you enjoy witty, biting humor wrapped around the chaos of academia, you'll love Dear Committee Members. Jason Fitger's lampoons of university politics and personal misadventures are both hilarious and surprisingly relatable. It's a clever read that offers a fresh take on the frustrations and absurdities that many in the academic world will recognize.

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