As a victim of academic oppression, Mr. Snyder is less convincing. No one put a gun to his head and said, Go teach in college. Narcotized by comfort and status, seeing only the beauty and not the Darwinian ruthlessness of the campus world, he clung hard and fell hard. In this respect, Mr. Snyder's adventures recall that other popular brand of memoir, the story of addiction and detox. Fortunately, on his journey to another life he took good notes.
Life is unfair.