Review: Hilarious
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2013
"The Famous Union" by Mike Meyer is a hilarious farcial comedy set in a University Campus, highlighting the issue of institutional bureaucracy and its effects on effective public spending.The story tells the arrival of two new academics on Campus, one of which has too many students and one who has none. The latter being stuck to a binding contract that secures his position although his job has been officially axed.Meyer has a talent for comedy and unfolds the story and the implications of said binding contract very well. The main characters are fleshed out nicely by giving them rather quirky personalities and amusing side plots, such as their amorous involvements. There is also a cast of other characters: students, secretaries and bureaucrats that make the story an entertaining and enjoyable read.Having known Meyer only as the writer of crime fiction it was a welcome surprise to see him just as good a writer in a different genre.