Title: The dean's list
Description: The academic life, starring professor Leland Edwards, a man in his fifties who lives with his mother. While infighting with the other profs, Edwards pines for his divorced wife, grieves for his dead son and battles a sexual harassment suit. A character study by the author of Rookery Blues.
Subjects: Fiction, Universities and colleges, College teachers, Jazz musicians, New York Times reviewed, College stories
Places: Minnesota