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9780312287719

The Lecturer's Tale A Novel

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312287719

  • ISBN10:

    0312287712

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-02-09
  • Publisher: Picador

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Summary

Nelson Humboldt is a visiting adjunct English lecturer at prestigious Midwest University, until he is unceremoniously fired one autumn morning. Minutes after the axe falls, his right index finger is severed in a freak accident. Doctors manage to reattach the finger, but when the bandages come off, Nelson realizes that he has acquired a strange power'”he can force his will onto others with a touch of his finger. And so he obtains an extension on the lease of his university-owned townhouse and picks up two sections of freshman composition, saving his career from utter ruin. But soon these victories seem inconsequential, and Nelson's finger burns for even greater glory. Now the Midas of academia wonders if he can attain what every struggling assistant professor and visiting lecturer covets'”tenure. The Lecturer's Tale is a pitch-perfect blend of satire and horror.

Author Biography

James Hynes is the author of The Wild Colonial Boy and Publish and Perish, a New York Times Notable Book. His television criticism has appeared in Mother Jones and the Utne Reader. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Table of Contents

Part One: A Man's Reach
All Hallow's Eve
3(11)
Curriculum Vitae
14(17)
The Curse of Fu Manchu
31(24)
Nelson in the Underworld
55(19)
The Seminar Luncheon
74(24)
Professor Weissmann Explains
98(21)
Enter a Murderer
119(20)
Nelson in Nighttown
139(13)
The Morning After
152(9)
Part Two: The Rope Dance
The Story of O
161(21)
Discipline and Punish
182(21)
The Three Stooges
203(32)
L'arret de Mort
235(30)
Victoria's Secret
265(22)
Curriculum Vita
287(10)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
297(26)
Part Three: The Blazing World
To Reign in Hell
323(20)
La Vita Nuova
343(28)
Chapter One
371(16)
The Author's Retractions 387

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