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Ishmael Reed Japanese By Spring (Paperback). Author: Ishmael Reed. "One of the funniest satires of university politics I've ever read. Leslie Marmon Silko. Title: Japanese By Spring. Format: Paperback. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB. Language: English. Further DetailsTitle: Japanese By Spring Condition: New Author: Ishmael Reed Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0140255850 EAN: 9780140255850 ISBN: 9780140255850 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Genre: Fiction Release Date: 08/29/1996 Description: Benjamin "Chappie" Puttbutt, a black juior professor at the overwhelmingly white Jack London College, lusts after tenure and its glorious perks (including a house in the Oakland Hills). He spends most of his time trying to divine the ideological climate of the school and obligingly adapting his beliefs to it. When Puttbutt's mysterious Japanese tutor, who promises to teach him Japanese by spring, suddenly becomes the school's new president and appoints Puttbutt as academic dean, the fun really beginsfor Puttbutt sets out to stir things up and settle old scores.Turning every contemporary political and social movement on its headfrom feminism to nationalism to jingoismthis boistrois and irreverent novel manages to be by turns hilarious and totally serious. "One of the funniest satires of university politics I've ever read. Ishmael Reed is funnier than Norman Mailer or Gore Vidal." Leslie Marmon Silko "Reed is, as always, an American original; a wiseguy whose wisdom is the real thing," The Boston Sunday Globe Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Type: Literary Theory & Movements Release Year: 1996 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
