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Synopsis
Professor Henry Mulcahy is dismissed from the English department of Jocelyn College (based on Bard College). He gets support from the faculty--not because of Mulcahy's merits as a scholar and teacher, but because of sympathy for his wife's illness. In the past, Mulcahy he been wrongly accused of sympathizing with the Communist party; during the fracas over his dismissal, a visiting poet recognizes him from past party meetings. While the president of the college is investigating the Mulcahy matter, he inquires into Mulcahy's past, including his involvement with the Communists. The president is charged with libel, and an even bigger mess ensues. McCarthy intended this book as a satire against progressive education.
| Size | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "When Henry Mulcahy, a middle-aged instructor of literature at Jocelyn College, Jocelyn, Pennsylvania, unfolded the President's letter and became aware of its contents, he gave a sudden sharp cry of impatience and irritation, as if such interruptions could positively be brooked no longer. This was the last straw."
Industry Reviews
"Miss McCarthy's satiric manner is based on a stunning, narrowly armed accuracy rather than on exaggeration. While she provides her specimens of men and mores with few softening extra-curriculum features, neither does she deny them their humanity by making caricatures of them."
New York Times - Alice Morris (02/24/1952)
"In many ways Miss McCarthy's book is fresh and new. She regards her characters with the gay detachment of the old comedy (that of Moliere and Congreve), and not with the sentimentalism that is often substituted for it. If to understand all is to pardon all, she is so intent--and so successful--in understanding her characters that her compassion for them is implicit. No label can describe her book. It is the product of one of the most stunning talents today."
Saturday Review - Robert Halsband
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