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The devil and Webster

Naomi Roth, the first woman president of an elite progressive college, responds to student protests about a popular professor's tenure denial. Then Omar Khayal, the protest group's controversial leader, escalates the demonstrations. As shocking acts of vandalism begin to destabilize Webster College,...

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Main Author: Korelitz, Jean Hanff, 1961- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Naomi Roth, the first woman president of an elite progressive college, responds to student protests about a popular professor's tenure denial. Then Omar Khayal, the protest group's controversial leader, escalates the demonstrations. As shocking acts of vandalism begin to destabilize Webster College, Roth must take increasingly desperate measures to protect her friends, colleagues, and family.
Physical Description:359 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781455592388
1455592382
Author Notes:Jean Hanff Korelitz was born and raised in New York City and graduated from Dartmouth College and Clare College, Cambridge. She is the author of the novels A Jury of Her Peers, The White Rose and Admission, as well as Interference Powder, a novel for middle grade readers, and The Properties of Breath, a collection of poetry. Her newest novel, You Should Have Known, made the New York Times bestseller list. A film version of Admission starring Tina Fey, Paul Rudd and Lily Tomlin was released in March 2013.

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