Moo (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307472762)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes "an uproariously funny and at the same time hauntingly melancholy portrait of a college community in the Midwest" (The New York Times).

In this darkly satirical send-up of academia and the Midwest, we are introduced to Moo University, a distinguished institution devoted to the study of agriculture. Amid cow pastures and waving fields of grain, Moo's campus churns with devious plots, mischievous intrigue, lusty liaisons, and academic one-upmanship, Chairman X of the Horticulture Department harbors a secret fantasy to kill the dean; Mrs. Walker, the provost's right hand and campus information queen, knows where all the bodies are buried; Timothy Monahan, associate professor of English, advocates eavesdropping for his creative writing assignments; and Bob Carlson, a sophomore, feeds and maintains his only friend: a hog named Earl Butz. Wonderfully written and masterfully plotted, Moo gives us a wickedly funny slice of life.

Author: Jane Smiley
ISBN-10: 0307472760
ISBN-13: 9780307472762
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 02/24/2009
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.32w x 0.96d