Academy Gothic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780990353089)

Hard-boiled noir meets academic satire in Academy Gothic. Tate Cowlishaw is late for another faculty meeting when he discovers the body of Scoot Simkins, dean of Parshall College. Cowlishaw might be legally blind but sees that a man with three bullets in his head didn't put them there himself. The police disagree. When Cowlishaw investigates, he is told his teaching contract won't be renewed. Suspects aren't hard to come by at the college annually ranked "Worst Value" by U.S. News & World Report. While the faculty brace for a visit from the accreditation board, Cowlishaw's investigation leads him to another colleague on eternal sabbatical. Before long, his efforts to save his job become efforts to stay alive. A farcical tale of incompetence and corruption, Academy Gothic scathingly redefines higher education as it chronicles the last days of a dying college.

Author: James Tate Hill
ISBN-10: 0990353087
ISBN-13: 9780990353089
Publisher: Semo
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2015
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/24/2015