A lecturer caught in a web of unwanted attention
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A lecturer caught in a web of unwanted attention
Set at a UK polytechnic in the early 1980s, Jerry Mushin’s novel centers on Bob Morgan, a young lecturer balancing rewarding work against long hours and a strained department. His difficulties extend beyond the workplace: his closest friend, Christine, and a widening circle of people—including a neighbour, family members, a former girlfriend, a student and a police sergeant—complicate his wish to be left alone. The premise brings academic pressures together with suspicions of fraud and uneasy personal entanglements, placing one man’s professional and private life in growing tension.
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Every academic will recognise the plight of Bob Morgan, a young lecturer at a UK polytechnic in the early 1980s. The work is rewarding, but there are stresses in his job, the hours are long and his Head of Department is incompetent and possibly dishonest. Christine, his closest friend, contributes to his difficulties, and he also longs to be ignored by an elderly neighbour, his mother, a former girl-friend, one of his students, and a police sergeant (who suspects him of fraud)...
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