num_pages: 240
description: Benjamin "Chappie" Puttbutt, a black junior professor at the overwhelmingly white Jack London College, lusts after tenure and its glorious perks. When Puttbutt's mysterious Japanese tutor, who promises to teach him Japanese by spring, suddenly becomes the school's new president and appoints Puttbutt academic dean, the fun really begins as Puttbutt sets out to stir things up and settle old scores.
language: English
title: Japanese by Spring
titlecomplete: Japanese by Spring
genres: Fiction, Humor, Literature, Novels, Academia
ratings_count: 249
places: The United States of America
publisher: Allison & Busby