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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 382 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Tim Connor Hits Trouble defies conventional genres.It is funny, occasionally violent, intelligent,controversial and full of sexual twists and turns.We meet Tim Connor just as his marriage hits therocks and as he is about to 'escape' to a new job in theSocial Science Department at Wash University.Far from finding tranquillity, Tim 'hits trouble' inWash both personally and at work.Now 'on the loose' he has several interesting and'unusual' encounters with women. At work, Tim findshimself drawn into a conflict between an old rebelacademic, Henry Jones, and the ambitious Head ofFaculty, Howard Swankie that culminates in a tenseand dramatic climax.Within the novel's lively narrative, characters argue,sometimes angrily, over the direction of contemporaryhigher education - making this a relevant as well as agripping and highly enjoyable novel.…