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A ROLLICKING ROMP THROUGH THE HALLS OF ACADEMIA, THE FAMOUS UNION by Michael Meyer has readers saying that it has "flashes of Vonnegut," that it is "an academic version of Catch 22," that it "is a hoot!" and that it is "one of few books that has made me laugh out loud."
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Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Summary edit
The powers-that-be at Famous Union College create comical chaos at a once-proud institution of higher learning by the theater-of-the-absurd type decisions they make. The characters themselves would make good case studies for a psych class.
Characters/People edit
- Bill Ferris: A newly hired professor who is paid to not work.
- Alexander Smith: Unlike Bill Ferris, he is severely overworked, not able to cope with all the classes and students he has.
- Coach Denton: The football coach who just wants to win one game.
- Denton: Coach Denton's wife and handler, who tries hard to control her husband's temper tantrums.
- Sharon Hansen: The exhibitionist secretary.
- Theodore Cox: The henpecked president of Famous Union college.
- John Murphy: The star of the football team, who is hampered by a a strange quirk.
Quotes edit
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“He felt like a Samuel Beckett character right out of the theater of the absurd, right at home in the wacky world of existentialism, and the thought made him want to laugh, or cry, and yet this was not fiction. It was real life, his one and only.”
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“And life went on, but with an as-of-yet unresolved big pig in the ointment that was Famous Union College, an institution instilled with the wonderful American pride of free speaking, determination, and grit, but also infused with the unwavering system of justice that ruled this beautiful spacious land from sea to shining sea, a place where what’s what was certainly not.”
First Sentence edit
Famous Union was a pretty college, with pretty buildings and pretty coeds and a lot of trees. It also had a pretty water fountain that ran from eight in the morning until five in the evening, excluding Saturdays and Sundays. It was a small college but with not small problems.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Humor, humor and whimsy, comic fiction, humor and satire: You will find yourself laughing out loud, sometimes even involuntarily, as you might have done while watching the original THE HANGOVER.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Meyer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Amazon Kindle
Country: United States
Publication Date: August 3, 2011
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 157
Publisher: Amazon Kindle
Country: United States
Publication Date: August 3, 2011
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 157
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