Set against the backdrop of a deeply troubled, psychotic female
student infecting men with the AIDS virus and a fanatical board
member taking over the college, "The Plague Year" is a Swiftian
black satire of college life in the mid-nineties.
This haunting detective story echoes Daniel Defoe's "The Journal
of the Plague Year" in its stunning depiction of the horrors and
fears of a spreading disease.
"The Plague Year" is a searing indictment of modern college life
and delves deeply into the self-absorbed, narcissistic lives of
some contemporary college students.
When a favorite professor does not return for the school year,
two students, Danny, a journalist for the school paper, and Emily,
a philosophy major, join forces to find out why the professor did
not return to teaching. Their findings are shocking and the whole
school is thrown into turmoil.
In the end, readers will become strangely attracted to these
college students, who yearn to escape the emptiness of their lives
and find meaning in a chaotic and disturbing world.
General
| Imprint: |
Iuniverse, Inc.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2004 |
| First published: |
May 2004 |
| Authors: |
John David Wells
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
216 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-595-31876-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Adventure / thriller >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-595-31876-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780595318766 |
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